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First published by Putnam 1948; transferred to The Bodley Head 1966
Published in Puffin Books 1961
Reissued in this edition 2017
Text copyright © C. Day-Lewis, 1948
Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone
Illustrations copyright © Edward Ardizzone, 1948
The moral right of the author and illustrator has been asserted
Cover illustration by Edward Ardizzone
The Otterbury Incident is an adaptation of the French film Nous les Gosses, which was shown in England under the title Us Kids, and I am greatly indebted to the Academy Cinema Ltd and Messrs Pathescope for their kind permission to use the plot of that delightful film as the starting point of my story.
C.D.L.
ISBN: 978-0-241-32070-9
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2. Hell to Pay
3. How We Signed the Peace of Otterbury
4. Operation Glazier
5. Black Sunday
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9. The Secrets of Skinner’s Yard
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