Near fine condition. Bloomsbury,1999. First edition-16th printing (20 19 18 17 16).Paperback (small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages as new with two small ink marks on the outer edges, the spine of the book is slightly faded. 317pp.Winner of the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year on the front cover.