VGC plus. Bloomsbury,1999. First edition-first printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback (two small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC plus. Nice and clean pages with a small mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, couple of small creases on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear. 317pp.Winner of the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year on the front cover. First paperback edition,