The Nothing to See Here Hotel

By Author / Illustrator

Steven Butler, Steven Lenton

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Ltd

ISBN

9781471163838

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

22-02-2018

Synopsis

'This book is so good you won't blunking believe it!' Tom Fletcher
'Hilariously funny and inventive, and I love the extraordinary creatures and the one thirty-sixth troll protagonist...' Cressida Cowell
'A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, amazerous magical adventure. Comedy Gold.' Francesca Simon
'This hotel gets five stars from me' Liz Pichon
'A splundishly swashbungling tale of trolls, goblins and other bonejangling creatures. Put on your wellies and plunge into the strangest hotel you will ever encounter. This is a hotel I hope I never find! Wonderfully, disgustingly funny.' Jeremy Strong
'What a fun hotel! Book me in immediately!' Kaye Umansky

Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel.

When a goblin messenger arrives at The Nothing to See Here Hotel, announcing the imminent arrival of the goblin prince Grogbah, Frankie and his family rush into action to get ready for their important guest. But it soon becomes obvious that the Banister family are going to have their work cut out with the demanding prince and his never-ending entourage, especially when it turns out the rude little prince is hiding a secret...

The first book in a fabulously funny series by bestselling author Steven Butler, with a host of whacky characters brought to life with illustration from the wonderful Steven Lenton!

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Reviews

This book is a real deal breaker for any reluctant reader! A real laugh out loud tale of weird and wonderful ghosts, ghouls and goblins. A delightful story told by a young boy called Frankie Bannister whose parents run The Nothing to see Here Hotel. This magical hotel stands in plain sight on the Brighton seafront and is the best secret holiday destination for magical creatures in the whole of England. Coming from a family dotted with trolls, humans and harpies, Frankie is a quarterling, one thirty-sixth troll! His father is a halfling and his Mum is completely human, although many of Frankie's wider family are not so normal; mixtures of all sorts of strange magical, mythical individuals. The hotel, originally built by Frankie's great-great-great grandparents, is cloaked in magic, deterring the entrance of any non-magical person with its outwardly grubby appearance and its disgusting stink. It is a popular venue for many non-humans, so when Frankie's parents hear that they have been chosen to be visited by a real goblin VIP, they feel suitably honoured. However, the arrival of Prince Grogbah of the Dark and Dooky Deep does not quite go as expected. Prince Grogbah proves to be more than the usual 'goblin handful', His accompanying entourage are rather intimidating and as chaos ensues, Frankie and his family start to wonder exactly what they have let themselves in for. Gruesome feasts, rudeness and bad behaviour make for a rib-tickling read, although it is the arrival of Tempestra Plank and her crew of goblin pirates that finally stops Gogbah in his tracks! Naughtiness, word-play, male and female protagonists make this action packed tale an enjoyable read for young and old. A real page turner for a young reader and a certain motivational read for any reader who has not yet developed a passion for the written word. I highly recommend any parent or teacher to treat their children to a trip to The Nothing to see Here Hotel. I certainly hope to be able to revisit for subsequent adventures. 192 pages / Ages 7+ / Reviewed by Sam Phillips, teacher.