The Circus is comingCharlie is plottingGuttaperk Avenue is in complete uproar...On punishment for destroying his mother's living room, 13 year old Charlie Hardears has a new plan. The Circus is coming to Collymore Field - and Charlie fully intends to be sitting in the front row, watching the animals, in spite of his punishment.Charlie and Paul sneak onto the circus grounds after school - but are caught trespassing by the circus owner Natasha Romanov! Charlie and Paul didn't get in trouble - they got a tour, and started helping around the circus grounds. Charlie even made an unlikely friend - the dangerous tiger Niondre!But their nosy neigbour Mr. Millington ratted them out, and Charlie and Paul are once more under punishment - until Niondre, who realized his friend Charlie wasn't coming to visit - breaks out of the circus to look for him. There's a tiger in Guttaperk Avenue!Get CHARLIE HEARDEARS BOOK TWO: CHARLIE AND THE TIGER and find out what happens NEXT!