The Drover’s Boy

Irvine Hunt

Young Henry Hodgkinson is pushed out of his home by his stepfather and sent to walk 600 geese to market with Torse, a cantankerous Irish drover. It is the Cumberland of a century ago, the roads rough and dangerous, the journey long.  Will Henry finish the journey and will his life ever be the same again?

First Published: 2008
166 Pages
Paperback
Readership 9-14 years

The Ghost Show

Irvine Hunt

This sequel to Irvine Hunt’s much-loved novel, The Drover’s Boy, is based on the real-life Biddall family who toured the North of England and the Borders of Scotland with their fairground ghost show.  

Irvine Hunt brings history to life in a thrilling new adventure for Henry Hodgkin which tells of the old ways of fairground folk and the early days of moving pictures – the advent of cinema.

ISBN: 9780957660922
First Published: 2008
192 Pages
Paperback
Readership 9-14 years