Haarville Video Extract

Welcome to Haarville. If you’ve arrived, you’ve survived…

Take a journey to the misty, murky and mysterious seaside town of Haarville, where something smells fishy, and it’s not the seafood. Join award-winning author Justin Davies for a brilliant introduction to his latest book!

About the book

Off the grid and not on the maps, Haarville is a place shrouded in fog and steeped in pungent pongs. Everything here smells fishy, especially the town’s suspicious new arrivals.

Twelve-year-old Manx Fearty is an orphan (his family has a terrible habit of dying, terribly). And he’s about to lose their perpetual device shop to sinister newcomers claiming to be long-lost relatives. As he sets out to prove them wrong, Manx finds himself on the trail of a murky, mist-muddled mystery — and it’s one he needs to solve fast, otherwise Haarville is doomed.

Darkly comic but full of heart, this quirky middle-grade mystery adventure from Justin Davies, award-winning author of Help! I Smell a Monster and Whoa! I Spy a Werewolf (Orchard Books), is perfect for fans of Malamander and A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Praise for Haarville

A fantastically fishy adventure, packed to the gills with humour and heart. A boat-load of thrills, fun and friendship.’
– Maria Kuzniar, author of The Ship of Shadows series

‘A wonderfully imagined, ridiculously unique story that I raced through in a day. The inhabitants of Haarville and their secrets will hook you in and leave you wanting more. Justin Davies deserves first plaice for crreating a book every child, and adult, will love.’
– Clare Povey, author of The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre

‘Utterly magical and instantly transporting. You’ll want to visit Haarville again and again.’
– Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of These Broken Stars