It's Christmas, the weather is horrible, Mrs Robinson's ill, and, to top it all off, the Brogan's dog, Old Blanket, dies. So when the children hear the tale of a dolphin sword which brings good fortune, they're determined to track it down . . .
Unfortunately, however, Mrs Robinson is in decline, so Ant and Perry are shipped off to stay with Aunt Mabel, while Beany and Sun Dance are left with Mrs Brogan. Aunt Mabel, it transpires, is a silver-haired eccentric living in a menagery and not at all what the children expect. Then Sun Dance discovers a burglar, and subsequently a lot more...
- ISBN10 0340841338
- ISBN13 9780340841334
- Publish Date 19 April 2001 (first published 11 August 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Children's Books
- Format Paperback
- Language English