Jim Starling

Jim Starling's great ambition is to bowl a good length, and in the playground of the Cement Street Secondary Modern School he practices by aiming at a sixpence in front of the stumps. Quite suddenly, with three classmates, on of whom fancies himself as a "privat eye", he becomes involved in a fast-moving series of events far removed from cricket. It all starts when someone slashes coats in the school cloackroom, but soon Jim and his Last Apple Gang have to pit their wits, recourcefulness and courage against a lead-stealing gang. With the help of the local police they bring the thieves to justice after a thrilling moonlight climax among the walls and chimneys of ancient Godwell Hall.


Genre: Children's Fiction