Twelve-year-old Extolziby lives with his family of not so lovable rogues, the Gruffs, on a crime ridden housing scheme in Scotland. When he is almost killed in a car accident, he finds himself transported to a secret Oxford college where kids who have suffered terrible trauma are turned into super-human beings. A fun, action-packed adventure set amongst the dreaming spires of the world's most famous university, Extolziby Gruff is the first in a series of middle grade books from thriller writer, Sean Black.