Eddie & the Gang with No Name
| Author | Colin Bateman |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime, young adult |
| Publisher | Hodder Children's |
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| No. of books | 3 |
| Author | Colin Bateman |
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Publication date
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13 November 2003 |
| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 52921494 |
| Author | Colin Bateman |
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Publication date
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13 May 2004 |
| Pages | 315 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 55021694 |
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| Author | Colin Bateman |
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Publication date
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19 May 2005 |
| Pages | 458 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 60521133 |
The Eddie & the Gang with No Name series is a trilogy of young-adult novels, written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman. The trilogy surrounds a twelve-year-old Eddie and his affiliation with a local gang, the "Reservoir Pups". The trilogy was bought by the publisher Random House for release in America. However, given the drug-related content in the third installment of the series, Random House decided to publish only the first two novels.
Reservoir Pups (also known as Running with the Reservoir Pups) is the first novel of the Eddie & the Gang with No Name trilogy by Colin Bateman, published on 13 November 2003 through Hodder Children's Books. It is Bateman's first young adult novel.
In 1978 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".
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.
Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett is the second novel of the Eddie & the Gang with No Name trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 May 2004 through Hodder Children's Books. The story was initially written in 1995–96 as a feature film script aimed at adults. It was sold in 1996 although, as of 2012[update], no further information has been released. When Bateman was attempting to write the sequel to Reservoir Pups, he found this script, "threw most of it out"; and re-aimed it at the young-adult audience.
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