Gangster School - Gruffles And The Killer Sheep: Book Tour

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Finding books which grip the attention of children completely can sometimes be difficult, especially with Emmy – it needs to pull her in from the off or she won’t continue.

The Gangster School books are ones which she hasn’t wanted to put down, a school where the lessons are all crime related – think of Hogwarts but instead of potions lessons they have criminology lessons and lying (fabrication) is encouraged.

With back to school imminent, all children will be wishing their schools were just as fun as this one. Who wouldn’t want to learn to pick locks and actually have lessons in telling fabrications? Just imagine getting rewarded for lying instead of being handed a detention. If all schools were like Blaggards, attendance levels would certainly be high although with plots and twists thrown upon the students would they really know who to trust?

Gruffles and the Killer sheep is the third book in this series – this time it sees some of the Blaggards children heading off to Crumley’s, the dreaded school for career criminals for the annual Crimicon. Here the most promising young criminals from all school gather together for new lessons, to build on their skills and to compete against each other.

The main characters (Milly and Charlie) from the previous books head off to Crimicon where they need to keep their school’s reputation as the best school for criminals.

Of course, with a school full of criminals for teachers and trainee pupils, it goes without saying that there will be hidden agendas and events certainly won’t be fair.

The headteacher Dr B L Zeebub isn’t all he seems and is harbouring a dark secret he hopes his students will never find out….but will they?

Most students have a specialism – The newest character Trickery being no exception, her whole family were experts at BAD which stands for Betrayal and Disposal. Should Charlie and Milly trust her? – You’ll have to read the book to find out for yourselves.

There is deception, scandal and even carnivorous sheep. Throw in Charlie’s smelly, flying and talking dog sneaking into Crimicon, Blaggards most promising criminal Jet being decriminalised and this new book in the series will have children gripped to see if Blaggards students can still come out on top.

A real page turned once again – author Kate Wiseman really does have a way with words.

Throw in a police raid and then the police being temporarily criminalised for an evening it makes for humorous reading, police were doing handbrake turns ruining flower beds, racing each other and much more:

“The naughty cops rampaged through the town, placing cling film over every public toilet they could find. According to eyewitnesses, some of them seemed to come to their senses at this point, and tried to arrest themselves. Others maurauded on to the Cosy Cottage Pensioners’ Club and caused considerable distress by standing outside and mooning through the windows”

I highly recommend the Gangster School books for any children aged 8 – 13 ish, they certainly are page-turners which will grip children’s attentions as well as their imaginations.

ZunTold publishers are hosting a blog book tour – to read what others thought of this latest book in the series head on over to those listed below.

Gangster School – Gruffles and the killer sheep launches on 1st September.