Eating Things on Sticks
by
Anne Fine
Illustrator: Kate Aldous
Having burned down the kitchen, Harry needs to be housed with a willing relative while it is rebuilt.
Faced with a week of Aunt Susan's nature walks, he blackmails Uncle Tristram into taking him away on holiday.
On a remote island off the coast of Scotland, Harry and Tristram find themselves stranded with a slightly eccentric girlfriend, a host of magnificent beards, very few trees, an abundance of circling helicopters, an angel, an awful lot of water and the promise of eating things on sticks at the end of the week.
A liberal sprinkling of pen and ink illustrations complement the humour and misunderstandings which give life to a multidimensional story featuring the Mountfield family of The More the Merrier fame.
Publisher: Yearling
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Anne Fine
Children's Laureate 2001-2003
Born in the Midlands, Anne Fine studied politics and history before publishing her first children's book The Summer House Loon, in 1978. Since then, she has written books for both children and adults, including the award-winning Flour Babies, Bill's New Frock and The Tulip Touch. Her book Goggle-Eyes won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1990) and was adapted for BBC Television; and Madame Doubtfire was filmed by Twentieth Century Fox as 'Mrs Doubtfire', starring Robin Williams.As the second Children's Laureate (2001-2003) Anne campaigned to raise the profile of public libraries, as well as launching the My Home Library Scheme, encouraging children to build their own libraries at home.
Find out more about Anne Fine at her website or at the Contemporary Writers website.
http://www.annefine.com
