The Boy in the Post

Rivers, Holly

£7.99

The Shalloo siblings accept a summer job from eccentric Grandy, who has collected a menagerie of furry and feathered posties known as animails. But when homing pelican, Geronimo, fails to return from a delivery, the three children post themselves to New York City to find him in this daring first-class adventure …

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Publish Date: 03/03/2022

Description

 

A charming action-packed adventure across the Atlantic from acclaimed author Holly Rivers!

Energetic, lively and charming’ READING ZONE

Siblings Orinthia and Séafra Shalloo accept a summer job from eccentric Grandy, who has collected a menagerie of furry and feathered posties known as animails.

The children are especially fond of Geronimo, a homing pelican. But when the big bird fails to return from a delivery, Taber – the youngest sibling – is devastated; so much so, he mails himself to New York, where Geronimo was sent.

Orinthia and Séafra follow suit, stealing a precious stamp and hopping in a freight crate – and soon all are embarked on an extraordinarily daring first-class adventure ?

  • A warm, adventurous and action-packed story from acclaimed author Holly Rivers, author of Demelza & the Spectre Detectors
  • A brillantly-imagined fantasy world with a vintage feel and a trio of characters you’ll long to be friends with
  • As a child, Holly was a lead actress in ITV’s original Worst Witch series!
  • Perfect for fans of M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman’s Adventures on Trains series

Additional information

Weight 270 g
Dimensions 197 × 138 × 26 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

351

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Ages 5-12 / Code: B