Margaret Ryan 
The Treasure of Mr Tipp [PDF ebook] 

The paper boys
on Weir Street don »t normally stick around for long … It »s definitely
weirder than your average street. Jonny has already encountered the
pirate at number 13 but there are some even stranger people in Weird
Street. Like Mr Tipp at 34 and a half. When Jonny ventures into Mr
Tipp »s house, he finds it full of strange inventions and ingenious uses
for everyone else »s junk.

The
Weird Street mini-series
follows Jonny on his bizzare, scary and extremely unusual paper round,
where he bumps into a whole range of oddballs and mysterious neighbours.