Ribblestrop Author:Andy Mulligan When your school?s motto is ?Life is dangerous,? you know that anything can happen?and everything does! — This raucous tale of education gone awry is rife with ?disgracefully dangerous high-octane fun,? according to the The Guardian, which awarded Ribblestrop the Children?s Fiction Prize. There?s no school that?s quite like Ribblestrop, complete ... more »with roofless dormitories, distracted teachers, and a perilous underground labyrinth. And then there are the students! You?ll meet Sanchez, a Colombian gangster?s son hiding from kidnappers; Millie, an excluded arsonist and self-confessed wild child; Caspar, the landlady?s spoiled grandson; the helpful but hapless Sam and his best friend Ruskin, plus a handful of orphans from overseas who are just happy to have beds?even if they are located in a roofless part of the building. With the ?crazy-school appeal of Hogwarts and the grim humor of Lemony Snicket? (The Independent), Ribblestrop is sure to delight the most mischievous among us.« less