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, que estaba nun proxecto de fantasía de novos autores para a editorial Bloomsbury Publishing, aceptou o libro, e a filla de oito anos do xefe de Bloomsbury dixo que "era mellor que calquera outro que lera".