Harry and the Wrinklies

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Harry and the Wrinklies

Original book cover
Author	Alan Temperley
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	Scholastic
Publication date	February 1998 (paperback)
Media type	Print (Hardback/Paperback)
Pages	288 pp
ISBN	0-590-11349-6
OCLC	40906611
Followed by

Harry and the Wrinklies is a children's novel written by British author Alan Temperley. The book was published in paperback in February 1998 by Scholastic. It was Temperley's second published novel, after in 1988. A sequel, , was released in hardback in March 2004.

Plot[]

When Harry's parents die in an unexplained accident, Harry has to go and live with his seemingly eccentric Great-Aunts. He's anxious about living with elderly relatives, but relieved to escape his cruel nanny, whom he nicknamed Gestapo Lil. He soon realises that the ancient aunts aren't as doddering as he first thought. When he finds out their secret, he likens them to Robin Hood and his Merry Men. However beastly Priestly, their next door neighbour is sneaking round Lagg Hall, making trouble. When he turns up with his new fiancée, Gestapo Lil, it is time for the Wrinklies to take action, along with their newest recruit, Harry.

TV Adaptation[]

The book was adapted into a TV series of the same name which ran from 1999 until 2002 on CITV. The TV series was rerun in 2009 on STV's weekend kids' TV block wknd@stv.

Film adaptation[]

In April 2020, it was announced that Stephen Mangan, who had previously voiced an audiobook of Harry and the Wrinklies, had been signed up to write a feature film adaptation of the book.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Book details on Amazon
• Fantastic Fiction profile

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