A new edition of THE MENNYMS in the A Puffin Book series.
From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst Grove looks like an ordinary house - the windows are always clean, and the garden well tended. And from the inside, to hear the voices of the inhabitants, the Mennym family, you would think they were a perfectly ordinary family, too.
But you'd be wrong, for the Mennyms are far from ordinary. The whole family shares an astonishing secret behind which it's hidden for forty years; a secret to which nobody has ever come close - until perhaps, now.
When a letter arrives from Australia, the whole family is plunged into fear that, for the first time, their secret is about to be exposed . . .
This is volume 1 in Mennyms .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Sylvia Waugh has received the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in England. Her numerous titles include "The Mennyms, Space Race, " and "Earthborn. " "From the Hardcover edition. "
This book contains the following story:
The Mennyms
From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst Grove looks like an ordinary house - the windows are always clean, and the garden well tended. And from the inside, to hear the voices of the inhabitants, the Mennym family, you would think they were a perfectly ordinary family, too. But you'd be wrong, for the Mennyms are far from ordinary. The whole family shares an astonishing secret behind which it's hidden for forty years; a secret to which nobody has ever come close - until perhaps, now. When a letter arrives from Australia, the whole family is plunged into fear that now, for the first time, their secret is about to be exposed . .
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Guardian Fiction Award
This book was recognised by the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Award. This award was founded in 1967 and winners are selected by fellow writers. It is awarded annually to fiction written for children aged eight and above.
This book features the following character:
Mennym
This book features the character Mennym.
