John Preston

More dark material

If there’s one thing guaranteed to send a reviewer’s spirits plummeting, it’s opening a book and finding that the spellyng is orl rong

issue 10 September 2011

  • The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean

    David Almond

    Viking, pp. 128

  • The Adventures of the New Cut Gang

    Philip Pullman

    David Fickling Books, pp. 256

  • Milicent’s Book

    Charlotte Moore

    Catnip, pp. 189

If there’s one thing guaranteed to send a reviewer’s spirits plummeting, it’s opening a book and finding that the spellyng is orl rong

If there’s one thing guaranteed to send a reviewer’s spirits plummeting, it’s opening a book and finding that the spellyng is orl rong. Bugga thys 4 a larque, hee thynks (awe wurds 2 dat effec).

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