Author:Humphrey Carpenter
'Use of magic by teacher strictly forbidden.'
Poor Mr Majeika goes to the bottom of the class when the school inspector comes to call. Things don't get any easier when Mr Majeika turns himself into a lobster by mistake. Class Three somehow has to get Wilhemina Worlock to undo the spell...
Delightful
—— Daily TelegraphIt's a gallimaufry of ghastly, giggly stuff
—— Financial TimesFluent and energetic
—— The Sunday TimesFeatures one of the most eccentric families in children's fiction . . . A rollicking red, which rapidly draws the reader into its strange and gothic world
—— Waterstones Books QuarterlyWonderful stuff
—— Daily Telegraph