'I hate that wall, Every time I go for a bike-ride, Mum says, "Stay within the walls". So I ride around in circles. Like a circus animal.
'It's a prison. A prison for kids. Dumb things become important when you're old. At least that's what Tom reckons: like living in a guarded gated community, filling the three spare rooms with a bottle top collection or secretly belly dancing while everyone's out. When Tom meets Cleo the snake charmer, together they break-out, discover a bull that hasn't become a hamburger, visit tom's forbidden grandfather and catch and boil yabbies by Murchison Creek.
'Another funny, quirky adventure about friendship, families and saving the world, from popular award-winning storyteller Steven Herrick.' (Publication summary)