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Captain Najork

This series chronicles the adventures of a boy who loves to fool around and his clashes with humorless, disapproving adults. When his strict aunt decides his antics must stop, she calls in the formidable Captain Najork and his hired sportsmen to teach him a lesson. Known for his imposing stature and thunderous voice, the captain intends to instill discipline in mischievous boys. However, an unexpected twist reveals that the lesson might not be for the children after all.

How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen
A Near Thing for Captain Najork

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    A classic tale of the triumph of fooling-around fun over humourless no-nonsense adult disapproval! Tom loves to fool around. He fools around with dropping things from bridges into rivers and he fools around with barrels in alleys. He fools around so much that his maiden aunt, Miss Fidget Wonkham-Strong (who wears an iron hat and takes no nonsense from anyone), sends for Captain Najork and his hired sportsmen to teach Tom a lesson. Captain Najork, says Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong, is seven feet tall, with eyes like fire and a voice like thunder. He teaches fooling-around boys the lesson they so badly need, and it is not one that they soon forget. Captain Najork lays down a challenge: they will play womble, muck and speedball - in that order. And it turns out not to be Tom who gets taught a lesson after all!

    How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen
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