Barry Cunningham, who was building a portfolio of distinctive fantasies by new authors for Bloomsbury Children's Books, recommended accepting the book, and the eight-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's chief executive said it was "so much better than anything else".
Barry Cunningham, som var i færd med at opbygge en portfolio over særlige fantasihistorier for børn af nye forfattere for Bloomsbury Children's Books, anbefalede, at man accepterede bogen og den 8-årige datter af Bloomsburys ledende direktør sagde, at den var "så meget bedre end alt mulig andet."