Near fine condition.Bloomsbury,1999.First edition-6th printing(10 9 8 7 6).Paperback (small crease on the edges of the cover) in fine condition.Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages.317pp.Winner of the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year on the front cover.