Creaky Castle: Tom and the Siege

Although part of a series, Tom and the Siege can be read and enjoyed if you have not yet come across any of the other books about Creaky Castle. Tom enjoys playing practical jokes on people. Unfortunately his jokes have gone too far and his mother decides that it is time for Tom to go to Squire school – a particularly tough boarding school run by Sir Gilbert de Grouchy. How Tom enlists the somewhat dubious help of Bad Bart in laying siege to the castle (so that he will not be able to go to boarding school) and how everything goes gloriously wrong, with plenty of slapstick thrown in for good measure, makes for a hilarious read. If you do buy this book, you would be well advised to buy other books in the series too!