Product Description

Ruskin Splinter is small and thin, with knock-knees, thick glasses and a squeaky voice, and the idea of him taming a dragon makes the whole class laugh. Big, strong Elvis is stupid but he looks like a hero. So who is more likely to get the big part in the school play? But when the mysterious beast, Krindlekrax, threatens Lizard Street and everyone who lives there, it is Ruskin who saves the day and proves he is the stuff that heros are made of after all.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15613 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-25
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Philip Ridley was born in East London where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St Martin's and went on to write adult novels, plays for radio and theatre, and the screenplay for THE KRAYS. He received considerable acclaim for his firstadult novel, IN THE EYES OF MY FURY, and his reputation as a writer for children is soaring.

Customer Reviews

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Ruskin Splinter is small and thin with knock knees, thick glasses and a squeaky voice and the idea of him taking a dragon makes the class laugh out loud. Big, strong Elvis may be stupid and keeps breaking windows but he looks like a hero, So who is more likely to the part of the hero in the play?

But under Lizard Street, beneath the dark bricks and cracked pavements, lurks the mysterious Krindlekrax, and when the monster threatens Lizard Street, Ruskin has a chance to prove he has what it takes to be a hero! This book fizzes with life and humour. Ridley looks set to be one of the most outstanding authors of the 21st century.

Big Monster - Small hero.
This is the best book I have ever read. It is about a little boy called Ruskin who wants to be a hero, but he's too short and skinny so everyone laughs. There is a giant, huge, enourmous crocodile in the sewers who got big by eating toast. He is called Krindlekrax. Ruskin finds out all about Krindlekrax and then .... well, you'll have to find out by reading the book.
REALLY GREAT!
Elliott C. in Guernsey

It is very witty, catchy, funny and extrodary.
Kindlekrax is a crocodilewho lives in the sewers who is always eating beans on toast, and Elvis the big bully teases Ruskin at school.
Ruskin Splinter,Elvis Cave,Dr Flowers,Wendy Splinter,Mr and Mrs Cave,Mr Lace,Corkey,Sparkey,Mr Flick,Krindlekrax,Winston Splinter,Mrs Walnut.Ruskin-he has fuzzy red hair,very small,and glasses like saucers.He wore black shorts which showes off his nobberly knees, he wore black boots and his arms looked like twigs.Elvis-he is very fat and looks like an American Footballer.He always is bouncing a ball and smashing all the windows in Lizard Street.Krindlekrax- he looks like a crocodile with scaley skin and his breath smells of gooey stuff for he lives in the sewers.The setting was very realistic because of the way the author wrote it was fantastic.The best description I think in the sewers.The story line was very good and has a very good plot.The actual story line was extremely good because he used adjectives and made the story very exciting.He was very successful not any bad language and he is funny with his writing.He makes very good use of words.He makes you want to read on and on.His style was absolutely amazing.He used atalics in funny speech and he thought hard about it because he wrote it in great detail so I could read it very clearly.There was no bad lanuage or anything like that,so small children could read it.The descriptions of all the characters was amazing I could imagne all of them.