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REVENGE ARRANGED, PRICE ACCORDING TO TASK, ALL DIFFICULT TASKS
UNDERTAKEN, TREASURE HUNTED, ETC.
It seemed like a marvellous scheme at the time! Frank and Jess had set
up the business because they needed money - their pocket-money had been
stopped just when Frank owed Buster Knell ten pence. Their father had
put a quick stop to ERRANDS RUN, so why not try something that was bad
instead? Offering to do dreadful things that other people didn't dare to
do? So they pinned up the notice on the potting-shed and waited for
customers. But of course, nothing's ever THAT straightforward. “…Her
hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative
array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is
present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones's most
outrageous plots to her readers' hopes and fears…”
Publishers Weekly Diana Wynne Jones spent her childhood in Essex and
has been writing fantasy novels for children since 1973. With her unique
combination of magic, humour and imagination, she has been enthralling
children and adults with her work ever since. She won the Guardian Award
in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award
in 1981, and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. She is married
with three sons, and lives in Bristol with her husband.
