26a Arthur Ransome Staying overnight in the local

Staying overnight in the local village pub

happiness stolen or mislaid

part satire

Only by unmasking the Volarians' mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned

Their arrival creates a sense of foreboding

26a Arthur Ransome Staying overnight in the localIdentical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their