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Philip Ridley
Philip Ridley was born in Bethnal Green, London, where he still
lives and where he has set most of his stories.
He loves theatre, art and writing. He wrote his first
novel when he was seven and had his first solo art exhibition when
he was 14. Since then, he has written plays for radio, screen and
stage, as well as writing novels for adults and children.
Mercedes Ice
Mercedes is getting sicker and sicker. He badly needs some colour in his life but Shadow Point, the giant tower block in which he lives with his parents Rosie Glow and Timothy Ice, offers nothing but grey. Who will find the colour that Mercedes needs? And where will it come from? (8+)
Published in Puffin Books
Vinegar Street
Meet the strange residents of Vinegar Street! Poppy Picklesticks loves all her neighbours, and the tingle voice in her head keeps her informed about what they are up to. But when a new neighbour moves in, Poppy's tingle voice warns her that there may be trouble. (9+)
Published in Puffin Books
Scribbleboy
Everything is grey where Bailey lives - except where the Scribbleboy had once made his mark, transforming the gloomy, grey concrete with his technicolour painting. Then Scribbleboy vanished. But, one night, a strange figure is seen. Has Scribbleboy returned? (9+)
Published in Puffin Books
ZinderZunder
Who is the mysterious ZinderZunder? When three children, feeling neglected by their parents, ring the number on the flyer for help their hopes for change seem to have come true. But the consequences turn out to be even more unpredictable than they imagined. Can the ZinderZunder put things right? (9+)
Published in Puffin Books
KrindleKrax
Beneath the dark bricks and cracked pavements of Lizard Street there lurks the mysterious KrindleKrax. Who would have thought that Ruskin Splinter, small and thin, and known to be weedy, would be the hero to confront him - and to win! (9+)
Published in Puffin Books
Mighty Fizz Chilla
Milo Kick is tormented by the Fizzy Waspzz inside his head. He is changing from an angel to a monster and no one can help him. But then Milo meets Captain Jellicoe, whose stories of his encounters with the fearsome Mighty Fizz Chilla give Milo the chance to confront his own fears and to overcome the Fizzy Waspzz. (11+)
Published in Puffin Books
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