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Over the years, the Grunts have made more than a few enemies. But fortunately they're all safely behind bars. Or are they? There's been a prison breakout and three of them are after revenge. It's time for the Grunts to go on the run....

When both Eddie's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly around the edges, and smell of old hot-water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house, Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder...

In this eagerly awaited sequel to A House Called Awful End, Eddie Dickens narrowly avoids being blown up, trampled by horses, hit by a hot-air balloon, and arrested--only to find himself falling head over heels for a girl with a face like a camel's and into the hands of a murderous gang of...

When Mrs Grunt's mother, the gloomy Ma Lunge, enters a Preserves, Jams and Jellies competition, what could possibly go wrong? Plenty....

Philip Ardagh's Unlikely Exploits chart the extraordinary changes in fortune of the downtrodden McNally family beginning with THE FALL OF FERGAL. The setting is an unidentified country suffering from an unexpected breakout of large holes. The McNally children find themselves in The Dell Hotel...

In the third installment of the Eddie Dickens saga, Eddie, our steadfast hero, finds himself en route to North America aboard the sailing ship Pompous Pig along with a cargo hold full of left shoes, the world-famous Dog's Bone Diamond, and some of the most disreputable traveling companions...

Mr Grunt's a man with a mission....

Like the Twits for a new generation, the Grunts are neither clean nor clever, but their adventures are most definitely terrifically fun listening. Meet Mr and Mrs Grunt. Oh, go on. They’re not that bad. No, actually, they are. Maybe worse, even....

A WORD TO THE WISE There are those of you who were saddened by Fergal's death in The Fall of Fergal. Now Fergal is back. There are those of you who recoiled at yet more death in Heir of Mystery. This should cheer you up. There are those of you frustrated by not knowing what was causing the...

In this second Unlikely Exploit, Fergal McNally’s brain—last seen in a pickling jar in the basement of Sacred Heart Hospital—is stolen, and the remaining McNally children are mysteriously drawn to Fishbone Forest and the forgotten crumbling mansion that lies at its heart. Here they meet...

Im dritten Teil der Eddie-Dickens-Trilogie begibt sich Eddie auf die Reise nach Nordamerika. Den Platz an Bord des Segelschiffs »Pompöses Schwein« teilt er sich mit einer Ladung verlorener Schuhe und einer Reihe sonderbarer Gestalten.

In der Fortsetzung von »Schlimmes Ende« erlebt Eddie Dickens noch wildere Abenteuer: Er überlebt um Haaresbreite eine Explosion und einen Heißluftballon-Ausflug, trifft ein Mädchen mit einem Kamelgesicht und wird von einer Schurkenbande zu einem »kleinen Auftrag« überredet.