After enjoying a picnic with his long-suffering class mates, Bunter, the outrageous Fat Owl of the Remove, insists they take a short cut back to Greyfriars School through an estate, which is strictly out of bounds. Bunter gets split up from the rest of the boys and fails to appear for 'call-over' that evening. The scene is set for a sparkling series of twists and turns involving land-owner Sir Hilton Popper, a pimple faced thief Slim Judson and Bunter's irascible form master Mr Quelch. They, plus the local police and the entire school, become involved in the hilarious mystery of Sir Hilton's missing postage stamp, the precious Blue Mauritius. There is even a rare but welcome appearance of Bunter's sister, Bessie.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Billy Bunter .

This book was published in 2002 by Canongate Books .

Martin Jarvis, who has adapted the stories in this book for younger readers, first discovered Just William when he was nine years old. He made his first adaptation of a William story for BBC radio in 1973 and since then his broadcast readings have become classics in their own right. Martin is an award-winning actor who has appeared in numerous stage plays, television series and films Frank Richards, real name Charles Hamilton (1876-1961) was an English writer who specialised in serialised tales of the world of boys' pubic schools.