Reservoir Pups facts for kids
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| Author | Colin Bateman |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Eddie & the Gang with No Name |
| Genre | Crime, young adult |
| Publisher | Hodder Children's |
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Publication date
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13 November 2003 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and softcover) |
| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | 9780340877807 |
| OCLC | 52921494 |
| Followed by | Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett (2004)' |
Reservoir Pups (also known as Running with the Reservoir Pups) is the first novel of the Eddie & the Gang with No Name trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 November 2003 through Hodder Children's Books. It is Bateman's first young adult novel.
Plot
The story surrounds a twelve-year-old named Eddie and his affiliation with a local gang, known as the "Reservoir Pups".
Eddie's father leaves his mother to run away with her boss, a doctor. His mother finds herself a new nursing job at the Royal Victoria Maternity Hospital, however it's located in a run-down section of Belfast; the pair move there regardless. A short time after they arrive, Scuttles, the chief of hospital security, accuses Eddie of scamming the locals and of being part of a neighbourhood gang, the "Reservoir Pups", for which his mum scolds him also.
Given that all the people in his life believe he is already part of the gang, Eddie decides to join. He is tasked with stealing the security codes from Scuttles' computer and while attempting to do so, hears of a plot to kidnap twelve babies from the hospital nursery, abandoning his mission. Returning to the gang, Eddie is ostracised for his failure to complete his task and he is told to "watch his back". Eddie then sets out to foil the kidnapping himself.
Characters
- Eddie Malone; twelve-year-old boy, protagonist of the story.
- Bernard Scuttles; chief of hospital security and boyfriend of Eddies mum.
- Captain Black; paraplegic boy and leader of the gang.
- Alison Beech; owner of the cosmetics company that is attempting to kidnap the babies.
