Diamonds and Doom

Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. In the sixth of the Raven Mysteries, all manner of disaster descends on Castle Otherhand; weirdness abounds, the family are on the verge of being thrown out of their own home, and there's still no sign of the fabled treasure of the Otherhand. Worse still, there's no sign of Edgar, either. So will it be diamonds or doom for the Otherhands?

ISBN 1842556983   Weight (grammes) 314 ISBN13 9781842556986 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher Orion Publishing Co   Series title Raven Mysteries Imprint Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )   Height (mm) 205 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 134 Publication date 06 Oct 2011   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 823.92   Academic level Children (6-12) DEWEY edition DC22   Interest age From 9 To 11 Pages 240

This book is ideal for all young readers, even the reluctant ones, or those fairly new to reading alone: the words are well spaced, and the joyous absurdity forces you to turn the page. The wonderful illustrations by Pete Williamson not only make the meaning of the words clear but enhance them, encouraging the reader to pause and enjoy their delightful dottiness... If you don't yet know Edgar, Solstice and the others, it's time you got reading. THE BOOKBAG If you ever just want to read something wacky and laugh-out-loud funny, please, please pick up the Raven Mysteries series. It starts with Flood and Fang, spans six books and is my all-time favourite series for younger readers. I can give it no higher praise than that, but I think that's probably acceptable. As Edgar, and now young Rob, would say: Futhork! WONDROUS READS

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