Saracen Hobday is forced to overcome his shyness when he is left home alone to deal with a burgeoning berry business and a rampaging pirate, all while in the throes of first love.
A collection of short stories by the noted New Zealand author, including "The Giant's Bath, " "The Pumpkins of Witch Ginger, " and "The Devil and the Corner Grocer.".
Relates the tangled events that lead the students of the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak to foil the wicked Sir Quincey and his accomplices and to solve several mysteries.
Miffed that her pirate nephew never invites her to the parties he attends, an old woman throws a wonderfully horrendous hullabaloo for herself and his parrot.
While gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New England family and their various guests and hangers-on find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating but, rather sinister brothers and, by New Year nothing is the same again.
