The Mum Shop

Ever wished you could swap your mum? This first book in a series about Ollie and Skipjack is about being careful what you wish for. Ten-year-old Ollie has swapped his mum at the infamous Mum Shop. His first new mum, Sid the hippy, almost gets him arrested but he has high hopes for her replacement, Mother 44 – she drives a tank and has made him a secret agent. But Ollie soon discovers that M44 is really Comrade Gerty, the leader of The Black Cane Brigade, whose mission is to return child rearing to the 1950s. And his real mum has been loaned to the school bully Slugger Stubbins. With best friend Skipjack, can Ollie come up with a plan to foil The Black Cane Brigade and get his real mum back – before his sisters kill him?