At the end of each year, four pupils from Cyril Sniggs's Correctional Orphanage for Wayward Boys and Girls are banished to Sin Bin Island, an eerie place surrounded by eel-infested waters.
Legend has it, the island has a secret tunnel, used to smuggle magic into mainland England. But in over 300 years the tunnel has never been found. Nor has any of the magic. This year, all that's going to change.
Emmy award winning writer Doug Naylor has brought his trademark humour and narrative flair to his debut middle grade novel. Sin Bin Island mixes the classic adventure ingredients of a foreboding orphanage, compelling characters and intriguing mystery, with magic, a spot of surrealism and a whole heap of funny. Perfect for fans of Frank Cottrell-Boyce, David Baddiel and M.G. Leonard.
'Insanely funny and inventive - get yourself a ringside seat for this cartwheeling, high-wire, fire-breathing circus of a book’ – Frank Cottrell-Boyce
'Doug Naylor has always been a master storyteller, and this might just be his most intriguing adventure yet. . . A genius writer, and a perfect book!’ – Jamie Smart, author
'Brilliant, totally brilliant. Exciting. Heart-stopping. Hilarious. And touching too. It's the book I always wanted to read as a kid but could never find.’ – Craig Charles, actor and broadcaster
‘A treasure chest of a story’ – Erin Hamilton, My Shelves Are Full blog
‘a wonderfully funny adventure, filled with bright ideas and bold surprises’ – P.G. Bell, author
Author
About Doug Naylor
Doug Naylor is a British Emmy-award-winning television writer, Sunday Times bestselling novelist, and an award-winning TV director. He is best known as the co-creator (with Rob Grant) of the iconic sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf for which he wrote or co-wrote all 74 episodes. He penned the number one single, 'The Chicken Song' and is the author or co-author of three Red Dwarf novels.
