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Return to Ribblestrop is more than a return to a beloved setting, more than a story of children protecting what and whom they love, more than a tale filled with laughter and the sheer solid rightness of the love that friendship brings. Andy Mulligan's Return to Ribblestrop is about the joy that can be found in learning, the power that can be found in trust, and the magic found in second chances and forgiveness, all wrapped in what can only be called a rollicking and often wonderfully funny plot, at a school many children (and adults) would love to attend.
Along with all the humour, and the fantastic plot, and the enchanting characters, there is a strong current of affection and goodwill that runs through the entire book. Ribblestrop is a place that welcomes second chances and understands the value of forgiveness, somewhere that knows the importance of taking another look and allowing for a change of heart. Anyone who reads this book will love the fun found in the plot, the inventive characters, and the light-hearted sense of adventure, but there is an important sense of family to be found in this mixed up collection of students and staff, a lovely feeling of connection created when a group decides to band together to protect what they love, and a lyrical nature to the writing that touches the best part of everyone who reads it.
Return to Ribblestrop is an ideal book to read with someone, to read aloud as an end-of-the-day treat, to share with as many people as possible, just for the opportunity to visit again the school where crocodiles, scorpions, and children are treated with affection and kindness, and second chances and support are a part of everyday life.
--Jennie Blake on Bookgeeks.co.uk, February 23, 2011
Along with all the humour, and the fantastic plot, and the enchanting characters, there is a strong current of affection and goodwill that runs through the entire book. Ribblestrop is a place that welcomes second chances and understands the value of forgiveness, somewhere that knows the importance of taking another look and allowing for a change of heart. Anyone who reads this book will love the fun found in the plot, the inventive characters, and the light-hearted sense of adventure, but there is an important sense of family to be found in this mixed up collection of students and staff, a lovely feeling of connection created when a group decides to band together to protect what they love, and a lyrical nature to the writing that touches the best part of everyone who reads it.
Return to Ribblestrop is an ideal book to read with someone, to read aloud as an end-of-the-day treat, to share with as many people as possible, just for the opportunity to visit again the school where crocodiles, scorpions, and children are treated with affection and kindness, and second chances and support are a part of everyday life.
--Jennie Blake on Bookgeeks.co.uk, February 23, 2011
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It's a new term at Ribblestrop and the headmaster is hoping for a bit more organisation. But secrets remain under the ground, the new Chaplain is not all that he seems, and a truck load of circus animals has taken refuge in the school grounds. Amongst the new intake are a footballing protegee and a trainee psychopath...not to mention a pregnant panther and an escaped crocodile. Things are about to go from bad to worse at Ribblestrop...can Millie, Sanchez and the gang help save the day once more?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Read 'Ribblestrop' first, if you haven't - I read it over a year ago and wished I'd re-read it before tackling this, with some of the threads fresh in my mind. This is every bit as good as the first, but darker - less of the zany comedy ( though there's plenty of that) - and with more thrills and scary spills. The added ingredients provided by the circus animals are a stroke of genius ( but even less PC after the recent new law). Here the villains are no cardboard cut-out idiots of the "Home Alone' type but recognisably evil - greedy, hypocritical and sadistically cruel. No spoilers here, but one highlight was another trade-mark football match which sets up a particular strand in a cleverly developed plot. Another for me ( as a retired English teacher) was: books set in schools rarely depict anything but fragments of lessons ( for good reason) but Andy Mulligan excels in this - there are a couple, both biology/ science, one of which is an absolute classic, and the other a zany tie-up of the football strand. Unlike the Harry Potter lessons, fun though those are, these relate to real everyday issues and have real educational value - none of the unreal fantasy of Tolkien, C S Lewis or JK Rowling, which entertain but in the final analysis leave the young reader undernourished.
I suspect another Ribblestrop is already in the pipe-line - I hope so, and that Andy Mulligan sticks to his strengths and his social message - well illustrated in his other book 'Trash', which I'm guessing was written first, but published after Ribblestrop - so quickly have they followed one another. Life IS Dangerous - and that's what makes it so exciting. I hope he continues to entertain us in his unique fashion.
I suspect another Ribblestrop is already in the pipe-line - I hope so, and that Andy Mulligan sticks to his strengths and his social message - well illustrated in his other book 'Trash', which I'm guessing was written first, but published after Ribblestrop - so quickly have they followed one another. Life IS Dangerous - and that's what makes it so exciting. I hope he continues to entertain us in his unique fashion.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Andy Mulligan must be tied down and forced to write a Ribblestrop novel a week.They are as delicious as Tomaz's cooking and twice as satisfying.This,the second in the series,is a gem too.For readers from 7 to 70+.Go on read it.You know you want to.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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My 12-year-old enjoyed "Ribblestrop", so I bought this - she was glued to it all over Easter; never mind eggs, give them a good story.
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