SOLVED. MG/YA - young boy has a group of friends and they generally get up to mischief... [s]

[Will]

So this book is about a young boy, maybe about 12 years old, and his group of friends. I think it's set over a summer school vacation, and I think it's British.

The boys discuss a lot of urban legends - memorably:

- a case where a wrestler or boxer was counted out whilst upside down because he'd gone into rigour mortis

- a boat carrying rice from india that got filled with water in a storm and subsequently exploded when the wet rice expanded.

The protaganist's mother has a friend called Hermione. They go on an anti-vivisection protest and sing some chant along the lines of "We don't want no vivisection, [i forgot this line], if a rat gave you an injection, you wouldn't think it was funny"

Probably came out in around 1995. I remember nothing about the cover. I do remember, however, having an audio book version which was narrated by Tony Robinson.

[Liralen]

Something from the Just William series, perhaps?

Edited to add: Good lord there are a lot of those books.

[Will]

No, it's set in the 1980s or 1990s.

Just William is amazing, however. Well worth a read! Martin Jarvis did a stage show where he read from a slightly edited version of Richmal Crompton's originals. Very, very funny.

[Liralen]

Whoops, sorry -- I missed that line in your original post.

Have you tried checking Tony Robinson's author page? Narrators aren't always credited on GR, but he might be.

[Serendi]

Here's the results of a search on Tony Robinson on audible.com:

http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_l...

[Will]

Aha! The Sniff Stories! Didn't think to check Audible. :-). Thank you.

[Serendi]

You're welcome!