Dido, a child Odysseus, is one of the great fictional heroines

"Quirky" is a word which could have been invented to describe the books in this series . . . What they are, first and foremost, is fun

To the last, energy and invention show no sign of flapping

Brilliant in its own right, The Witch of Clatteringshaws is also a wholly satisfying ending to Joan Aiken's long-running and original saga of Dido Twite and her friend Simon Battersea

Aiken is like no one else. No other writer sets invention free with such exhilarating, irresponsible variety as she does. She runs the long distance race of a novel at the narrative pace of the sprinter

The last of Joan Aiken's tremendous Wolves of Willoughby Chase sequence . . . an action-packed finale

I definitely don't want to give anything away about the ending, but I have to give the authors credit for a really stunning climax which had me desperate to get my hands on the next in this 5-book series. I can't wait to find out where we go from here!

This is a brilliant story, and Django Wexler is a name to remember - as if you could forget it!

Rich and dense and creative