Measle and the Wrathmonk

Poor Measle Stubbs is one of the most miserable ten year olds you could ever meet. He lives in a dark, dirty, dingy house at the end of a street full of dirty, dreary  empty houses. Strangest of all, his house has a small black cloud hanging over it ALL the time, drizzling constantly.  He has no parents and lives with his Legal Guardian Basil Tramplebone, a tall thin miserable man who hates everyone, especially Measle. The only good thing about the house is the enormous train set in the attic. 

Measle gets caught playing with the train set and is zapped by one of Basil's evil spells.  Now he is only a few centimetres tall, trapped in the train set itself with no way to escape back to his own life. Even the cockroaches and other insects are huge dangerous creatures, Measle has to literally run for his life.  How will he ever get home again?  But there are other people here too - who are they and how did they get there? 

This is the first in the series of Measle stories by Ian Ogilvy.  The books follow Measle through a series of amazing magical adventures. The books are illustrated by Chris Mould. If you enjoyed A Series of Unfortunate Events or the Something Wickedly Weird series, this could be a good choice to try next.