The Worst Child I Ever Had

Jan 10, 2025 1:48 PM

Author:Anne Fine

Sniffers, fussy, sneaky, naughty and bad-tempered children are all awful - but who's the worst child ever? Mrs Mackle is sure that it's Susan Solly! But what has snail-mad Susan done that's so terrible...?

Find out in this funny story for girls and boys aged seven and up.

Anne Fine is the author of many prize-winning and best-loved books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize and Mrs Doubtfire was made into a major film starring Robin Williams. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.

Reviews

Spellbinding.

—— Daily Telegraph

The story’s signature fantasies are realized with compelling force. Skillfully translated back into English, Melchior-Durand and Oubrerie’s retelling will bring Pullman’s work new fans and give previous readers new pleasure.

—— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Superb . . . all-stops-out thrilling.

—— The Washington Post

A stunning, dense and deep novel . . . funny and unquenchably imaginative.

—— Observer

Pullman's writing is spellbinding, his storytelling brilliant.

—— Scotsman

His Dark Materials wasn't just the best children's book – it was also the most interesting fictional experiment of our times.

—— Reader's Digest

An eye-widening fantasy, a scorching thriller and a thought-provoking reflection on the human condition, this is a book that can be enjoyed at many levels.

—— Guardian

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