{"product_id":"9781782508441-haarville","title":"Haarville","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eManx Fearty is an orphan from Haarville -- a foggy island town with a magical secret -- on a bizarre quest with his friends to solve a murky mystery and save their hometown. A darkly comic adventure, full of heart, from award-winner Justin Davies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Haarville -- if you've arrived, you've survived. Off the grid and not on the maps, it's a place shrouded in fog and steeped in pungent pongs. Everything here smells fishy, especially the town's suspicious new arrivals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Manx Fearty is an orphan (his family has a terrible habit of dying, terribly), and now he's about to lose their perpetual device shop to sinister newcomers claiming to be long-lost relatives. As he sets out to prove them wrong, Manx finds himself on the trail of a murky, mist-muddled mystery -- and it's one he needs to solve fast, otherwise Haarville is doomed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the help of his fiercely protective drag-queen guardian Father G (aka the fabulous Gloria in Excelsis), loyal best friend Fantoosh, and oystercatcher-with-attitude Olu, Manx wades through secrets, schemes and some stomach-churning seafood. Can he save both his family's legacy and his town?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkly comic but full of heart, this quirky middle-grade mystery adventure from Justin Davies, award-winning author of Help! I Smell a Monster and Whoa! I Spy a Werewolf (Orchard Books), is perfect for fans of Malamander and A Series of Unfortunate Events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40743281033313,"sku":"9781782508441","price":7.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_10883874_jpg.jpg?v=1713838953","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781782508441-haarville","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}