Mennyms Under Siege
core novel 1995 The Mennyms
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (352 ratings, collected 2026-10-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380725847 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Pilbeam, the Mennyms' eternal teenager, is in a rebellious mood, and the rag-doll family's secret risks exposure after a neighbour's discovery: because of an unfortunate sighting, the Mennyms must consider themselves under siege, stripped of their liberty, as they struggle to keep the life they have made for themselves hidden from the human world. The third story in Sylvia Waugh's award-winning Mennyms sequence, which includes extra content on how the Mennyms came to be.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Mennyms
- Series: The Mennyms core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sylvia Waugh
Notes
- ISBN recorded is the HarperTrophy paperback.
- From the series record (The Mennyms): Sylvia Waugh's five books of the living rag-doll family.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Mennyms: position 3 of 5: previous Mennyms in the Wilderness (1994) · next Mennyms Alone (1996)
Sources
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (bibliography)
- Library catalogue note (series summary)
- Publishers Weekly (HarperTrophy edition record)
- Red Fox (publisher description, via Apple Books)
- Bookroo (author page with book summaries)
- Wikipedia (Sylvia Waugh)
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