Book description
Harry the Poisonous Centipede is now quite brave, but nothing can
prepare him for this next adventure! He and best friend George are lost
in a new and even scarier no-top world. Far from home, across the no-end
puddle, they must negotiate a strange treeless cold desert, a Nest of
Hoo-Mins, lots of noise-hurt and terrifying hairy-yowlers!
Harry woke up first. The straight-up-hard thing was jiggling. It was moving.
“What's happening?” asked George in alarm.
“I don't know. We're moving.” Harry replied.
“Where are we? We're not where we were last night!” crackled George.
“I told you! This is a can't -get-out!”
Harry and George face the toughest adventure yet when they are shipped
West in a crate of bananas. Far across the no-end puddle, miles away
from home, they must find a way to survive the bitter cold and hide from
the hundreds of Hoo-Mins do-diddling around them. They run away as fast
as they can, but inadvertently squirm into a Hoo-Min Nest and come face
to face with a hairy-yowler!
All Harry wants is to go home to his mother, and tell her how much he
warm-hearts her before her time comes to “stop”. But before they can
even start the perilous journey home, they must escape the Nest and go
out into the no-top world. Yet this particular Hoo-Min is fascinated by
insects, and wants nothing more than to add some poisonous centipedes to
his collection… Praise for Harry the Poisonous Centipede
“A real ground level story that rockets along on hundreds of legs…Bug
fans will love this.”
Kidstuff School Books RTE Guide Since Lynne's first novel for adults,
The L-Shaped Room, she has been published here and in the US. Her strong
narrative style and ability to create worlds where small people and
animals live, is second to none. Her book, The Indian in the Cupboard,
shortly to be a Collins Modern Classic, was made into a major feature
film - her books in the series sell and sell. Lynne says writing for
children comes more easily than writing for adults. “It's not that it is
less demanding - I just find it more fun.”
