A WARM AND WITTY TALE , AUTHOR OF CARNEGIE MEDAL-WINNING «SKELLIG» « THE BOY WHO SWAM WITH PIRANHAS» Bert and Betty brown have got themselves a little angel. bert found him in his top pocket when he was driving his bus. Bert and Betty's friends think he's lovely. so do Nancy and Jack and Alice from class 5k. what a wonder! But acting head teacher mrs mole is not so sure. nor is professor smellie. or the mysterious bloke in black who claims to be a school inspector. Then there's basher malone-big, lumbering basher malone. he really doesn't like Angelino.
Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy, but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear his Uncle Ernie develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish. Suddenly their home is filled with the sound of clanging machinery and the stench of mackerel, and Uncle Ernie's obsession reaches such heights that he would even can Stan's beloved goldfish.