Eating Things On Sticks — Anne Fine

A hilarious tale of a vacation on a remote British island where the week's highlight is the annual fair with its Eating Things on Sticks competition!

Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer holidays with his uncle Tristram who is heading off to stay with a new girlfriend -- Morning Glory -- on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun -- with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to.

He certainly didn't expect to discover all the beards.
Or the angel on the mountain.
Or the helicopters circling overhead all week.
And he definitely didn't think it would be so wet....