The Borribles Go for Broke

by Michael de Larrabeiti

Book Overview

What is a Borrible? Borribles are runaways who dwell in the shadows of London. Apart from their pointed ears, they look just like ordinary children. They live by their wits and a few Borrible laws--the chief one being, Don't Get Caught The Borribles are outcasts--but they wouldn't have it any other way . The Borribles Go For Broke On the Great Rumble Hunt, Chalotte, a Borrible from Whitechapel, very nearly lost her life--and good friends had been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765350068
• ISBN13: 9780765350060
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

It captured my imagination

Borribles are runaway children who don't want to grow up. They get their names from adventures. But the greatest adventure is The Great Rumble Hunt.After a note that gets passed to Charlotte about a horse that saved their life during the Great Rumble Hunt, Charlotte gets together with the rest of the Hunt members and tries to save the horse. When things go terribly wrong and they end up in Wendle territory, warrior borribles that would love to kill them, their only hope is to trust a borrible that was a Wendle. Will the borribles ever make it out alive?? This book was a very good book. It was really tense for me and there was always action so it kept me reading. There was a big plot that was unraveling and I tried to guess it but it was very hard because of dips and turns. The author wrote very well and it captured my imagination. I wish to see pictures of the borribles because it is hard to imagine them. Reviewed by a student reviewer for Flamingnet Book Reviews www.flamingnet.com Preteen, teen, and young adult book reviews and recommendations

Mud, Blood, Wendles and Glory - Superb!

The Borribles is one of the best stories I have ever read, but The Borribles Go For Broke matches the standard. Discovering that Sam the horse is still alive, the adventurers seek him and are lured into danger, both by the SBG (Special Borrible Group) police and one of the most cunning of their own tribe, Spiff. The borribles fling themselves into, and extricate themselves from, many a mess, but end up in the worst of all possible worlds - Wendle territory, deep beneath the streets - Wandsworth (where the best borribles come from). Here are scenes to make a reader weep and shudder with awe. If you have not been at the bottom of the Wandle river in a shifting tunnel of mud, or watched Spiff fight with a spade honed razor sharp, then you have missed some of the best Borrible action that currently exists. If you can get hold of this book, do so- this book is worth every moment you will spend glued to its pages.

A great Fantasy novel that can be relived over and over!!

I read this book close to 20 years ago and it stands as one of my all time favorites! Some of the characters reveal some of the same personality traits as some of the friends that I shared the book with.

A great book for readers new to the Fantasy genre

My Grade 6 teacher read us this book and I still remember travelling along with the borribles, that was 20 years ago. If a book can stay in your memory for that long it's gotta be good

Ace Fantasy at it's best

These books are some of the few books i've enjoyed reading more than once :o). The author has an incredible sense of charater, that gives his books a life of thier own. Everytime I read these books I feel like i've been there and lived the adventure with them. I agree with the rest. What ever happened to the Author?