Coco Pinchard's Must-Have Toy Story

It's December 1992 and Thunderbirds are all the rage. Coco Pinchard is desperately trying to track down this year's must-have Christmas toy -Tracy Island- for her four-year-old son Rosencrantz.

With only a few shopping days left until Christmas, it's proving an impossible task. Throw into the mix her new job teaching English in the notoriously rough St Duke's comprehensive school, her lazy husband Daniel, and the prospect of the in-laws descending for the festivities, and Coco wishes she could postpone Christmas and sail off to an island somewhere. Preferably with Tom Wednesday, the handsome art teacher.

But help is at hand as faithful friends Chris and Marika rally round and even mother-in-law Ethel tries to help in her own intiminable way. From dodgy dealings in a lay-by, to extreme shopping in Hamley's with a Sylvanian Families fanatic, to having a go at the Blue Peter make-your-own Tracy Island, Coco tries everything in the hope that Rosencrantz gets to open his must-have toy on Christmas morning.

Coco Pinchard's Must-Have Toy Story is a fab festive addition to the smash-hit Coco Pinchard series.