Hogs Head Stew

LoveReading4Kids Says

Immerse yourself in bottle-flipping fever as young Billy gets supernatural assistance to improve his technique. For the setting of Hog’s Head Stew, cast your minds back to 2016, when chucking a bottle and getting it to land upright in a flukey position or location was sweeping the internet and schoolyards far and wide.

Billy is at the bottom of their school’s bottle flipping league, discovering the attic is the best place to practise without his parents asking him to stop with the repetitive noise. But the delivery of an old wardrobe might scupper his plans and comes with more than anyone bargained for in the shape of three ghosts, one of whom has exactly what it takes to help him become a flipping legend.

Filled with ghosts, magic and bottle-flipping, Hogs Head Stew is a fun, light-hearted read. As the story progresses and Billy’s ghostly relatives find themselves in peril, Billy must decide what’s more important: his family or the league table, and he must brave the Ghost Collector to keep everybody safe.

This is a quick entertaining read, with nice monochrome illustrations in each chapter depicting the action. As the narrative is focused around the bottle flipping trend that might pass out of both playground fashion and memory, I’m not sure about the book’s longevity, but it’s a fun read nonetheless.

Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading4Kids Ambassador

About Hogs Head Stew

Hogs Head Stew is a novel for 8-12-year-olds. It follows the fortunes of Billy Nottage, an un-sporty eleven-year-old who longs to gain the admiration of the Year Six cool crowd. His opportunity comes when he finds three ghostly relatives living in the family attic, one of whom can help him become a bottle flipping legend.

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