A Hen in the Wardrobe

by Wendy Meddour

  Can Miku save herself and her friends? And what about the Filth Licker? Whose side is he really on?

  Winner of the FRANCES LINCOLN

  DIVERSE VOICES CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2011

  TOO MUCH TROUBLE

  Tom Avery

  “Get out, Emmanuel!” growled my uncle.

  “Take your brother and go.”

  But where can two boys go when they’re on their own, on the run, with little money or food? All 12-year-old Emmanuel knows is that he has to look after Prince. Those were his father’s last words to him.

  On the train to London, Em and Prince have no idea where they will end up but then they meet the mysterious Mr Green and his ‘friends’. And that’s when things start to spin out of control.

  “This action-packed, contemporary Oliver Twist story is a real page-turner.” Trevor Phillips, Diverse Voices Award judge and Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission