Carrie, Tom, Em and Michael Fielding are at the mercy of their rotten Uncle Rudolph after a fire leaves them homeless, with their mother in hospital and their father abroad at sea. Uncle Rudolph and his vain wife Val reluctantly take the children in, but soon let them live alone at World's End, their ramshackle house in the countryside, rather than look after them.
So begins a life with no grown-ups where the Fielding children can adopt as many dogs, cats, monkeys and horses as they like. Free at last from interference from their relatives, they begin to fend for themselves, adding to their already sizeable collection of animals - rescuing them from the thoughtless cruelty of adults.
The House at World's End is the first adventure in The World's End series.
- ISBN10 0749712686
- ISBN13 9780749712686
- Publish Date 13 May 1993 (first published October 1970)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 February 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Mammoth
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English