Archer B. Helmsley longs for adventure. But how can he have an adventure when he can’t even leave his house?Archer B. Helmsley has grown up in a house full of oddities and treasures collected by his grandparents the famous explorers. Archer longs for grand adventures but ever since his grandparents went missing on an iceberg his mother barely lets him leave the house. So along with his best friends Adélaïde L. Belmont and Oliver Grub Archer forms a plan to get out of the house and set off on a grand adventure with crocodiles and parachutes and danger. It's a good plan. Well it's not bad anyway. But nothing goes quite as they expected…In The Doldrums Nicholas Gannon masterfully weaves a tale of juvenile dreams and imagination where the line between play and action is blurred. It's a top pick for bedtime stories sure to ignite the adventurous spirit in every child.For fans of Katherine Rundell (Rooftoppers) Kelly Barnhill (The Girl Who Drank the Moon) and Grace Lin (Where The Mountain Meets The Moon).
