In this off-beat tale of adventure, sixteen-year-olds Irie and Fred are fast friends. She, of Afro-Caribbean heritage, was born in Sheffield where they both live. He is an expat American transplanted from Yuma, Arizona. To show his loyalty to his birthplace, he wears a Yuma High School Criminals t-shirt.
She is a wee bit bossy and he a history boffin who likes to talk (maybe too much) about Sheffield’s Anglo-Saxon era. Although they are only dimly aware of it, they are on the cusp of a boy-girl relationship.
While trapped in an underground passageway, they come across the kitchen of a foodie hipster named Hobgoblin who is what his name suggests. Hobgoblin uses a modern induction hob, of course, and only the best ingredients. The irritable little chef sets them the task of finding the Fairy Queen’s red-garnet, golden cup, but he is cagy about his reasons.
Link to Next Chapter Books Sheffield for Hobgoblin Gennel https://nextchapterbookssheffield.com/
Link to Waterstones for Hobgoblin Gennel https://www.waterstones.com/book/hobgoblin-gennel/james-fitzmaurice/9781837941872
Link to Amazon for Hobgoblin Gennel https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Fitzmaurice+hobgoblin+gennel&i=stripbooks&crid=2BEB7CL8D1Q4D&sprefix=fitzmaurice+hobgoblin+gennel%2Cstripbooks%2C234&ref=nb_sb_noss
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