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|title=The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler

|sort=Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler, The

|publisher=Faber and Faber

|date=January 2015

|website=http://www.faber.co.uk/author/gene-kemp/

|summary=A more than welcome return for a wonderful book, that will charm and delight those attuned to what might be slightly less well focused and old-fashioned ideas than the modern norm. Still, the book has many major plot elements that have endeared it to generations already.

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Meet Tyke Tiler. I first did so a very long time ago – I might even have my copy of the original paperback, with its ending-spoiling cover artwork, as one of the few books I carried over from those days. Tyke is a schoolchild in the last year before big school, and is permanently in trouble, partly due to hanging round with Danny Price. It seems wherever Danny unfortunately leads, Tyke follows – whether it's digging sheep bones out the town weir system, or handling stolen goods when Danny nicks a high-value note from one of the teacher's purses. How is the term going to end, when everything Danny does seems to reflect badly on Tyke?