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 rollicking, ridiculous, and captivating, according a "Bulletin" starred review. There s no school that s quite like Ribblestrop, complete 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 outcast 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 the roofless part of the building. With the crazy-school appeal of Hogwarts and the grim humor of Lemony Snicket ("The Independent"), "Ribblestrop," which was awarded the Children s Fiction Prize by "The Guardian," is sure to delight the most mischievous among us."