When the Thieves Met Tom and Friends

Tom, Lee, and Calum are three young dreamers who hope to have some fun away from school, meet new friends, and do something different. They live in a small village surrounded by a park and open fields; there's a local shop, a church, and the village hall but not much else for children to do. The boys begin taking karate lessons in the village, and Tom in particular dreams of becoming a world champion one day. Then, as the school summer holidays are about to start, Lee hears of strange things happening in the village people's milk has gone missing from their doorsteps, parcels are going astray, and houses have been broken into. Who could be responsible for the trouble, and are the three friends ready to take on the culprits? In this book for middle readers, three teenage boys in a small village find themselves unexpectedly facing off against a group of mysterious thieves.