Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull

Publisher: Random House

Barnaby Grimes is a Highstacker, delivering messages across the city using the rooftops as his highway.  Mei Ling works in a Chinese laundry but is skilled in the ancient art of Yinchido.  Their new found friendship teaches Barnaby new skills which very soon he may need to use if he is to survive.

Barnaby was not to know that the package he so proudly delivered to the headmaster of the local school was to hide an evil and cruel object whose power threatens to destroy the school and all its pupils. 

Will Barnaby be in time to prevent the disaster and has he learned enough from Mei Ling to survive??

A mysterious and exciting tale of daring, courage and skill which will have you on the edge of your seat.

More books like this

Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf

Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Chris Riddell

Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf introduces readers to the most adventurous and skilled among the ranks of Tick-Tock Lads. For the proper coinage these delivery boys can whisk a message to its destination in a matter of minutes, taking to the rooftops and leaping with acrobatic ease from chimney to shingle, alley to thoroughfare.

Read more about Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf

Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead

Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Chris Riddell

This booksees the return of the most adventurous and skilled among the ranks of Tick-Tock Lads. During a night of mourning at the passing of one of the city's most notorious criminal, a shaky peace among rival gangs is disturbed as the dead begin to rise from a nearby cemetery.

Read more about Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead

Share this book with your friends

Use our Bookfinder to discover the perfect children's books for every age...