Publisher's Synopsis
Jimmy Crikey is a boy with an unusual appearance. He is endowed with a bright red mop of unruly hair, big blue eyes, a small snub nose, pointed ears and ee-nor-mous feet. Because he is ridiculed and bullied by the neighbourhood children, Jimmy decides to run away. He wants to search for answers and he needs to find his place in a world where he can fit in. In his midnight escape through the moonlit forest, he stumbles over hidden tree roots and tumbles into a deep, dark shaft. Jimmy emerges from the dark into a bright, new, underground world. Jimmy cannot resist the urge to explore. He discovers and rescues the town of Roombelow from the curse of a sleeping spell. The miserable witch, Matilda, had forgotten how to laugh. The town's mayor, Mr McDonald, is so grateful he offers Jimmy a home and adopts him into his family. Gemma, the tiny lady who Jimmy saved from a life trapped at the bottom of the well, becomes his closest friend, along with Matilda the witch who lives in the house on the hill. Jimmy now has the prospect of a new life and vows to prove his worth to the people of Roombelow. And so begins a series of extraordinary adventures involving magic, mystery, monsters and mayhem in the subterranean world of Roombelow - before Jimmy eventually finds the answers he has been looking for.
