Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Cried Fish
Fizzlebert Stump lives in a circus. His mum's a clown, his best friend is a bearded boy, and he sticks his head in a lion's mouth every night. Other than that, he's pretty normal.
When Fish the sea lion goes missing Fizzlebert tracks down the runaway beast to the Aquarium, with its piratical owner Admiral Spratt-Haddock, invisible octopus, and colour-coded fish. But the Aquarium has problems of its own. Fish (not Fish the sea lion, fish. Keep up.) are going missing, and the Admiral blames the circus. Can Fizzlebert solve the mystery, avoid an over-enthusiastic crocodile, and find his friend?
About the Fizzlebert Stump Series
Books in series order
- 1.Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library)(2012)
- 2.Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy(2013)
- 3.Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Cried Fish(2014)
- 4.Fizzlebert Stump and the Girl Who Lifted Quite Heavy Things(2015)
- 5.Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Did P.E. in his Pants(2016)
- 6.Fizzlebert Stump and the Great Supermarket Showdown(2016)
Reading age: 8+ years
This series should be read in order.
'There are many boys in the world, all slightly different from one another, and most of them are referred to by names. These are often John or Jack or Desmond, but sometimes they are James or Philip or Simon. Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.'
Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night, he's the only kid there – and he's bored. But then Fizz decides to join a library, and life suddenly gets a lot more exciting, when a simple library card application leads to him being kidnapped by a pair of crazed pensioners! Will he ever see the circus again?