The concept of friendship is very important and Harriet was impressed by Sally, one of the poorly children and the idea of the adventures the children went on when everyone else is asleep – a huge leap from most children's dream of a midnight feast. Harriet loves the way different type faces are used to emphasise words and, of course, loves the Tony Ross illustrations interspersed throughout the text. He is admitted to the children's ward run by the nastiest matron in the world but inhabited by a group of children with whom Tom will embark on a great adventure. Examined by a junior doctor, the questions begin and Tom can't remember at first. The story begins with Tom arriving at the Lord Funt Hospital after being hit on the head by a cricket ball at his boarding school. Harriet decided this would be her reading book for school. However Tony Ross's illustration on the cover obviously gripped her imagination. "Can we read this next?" I was surpised as the book is a hefty tome and runs to nearly 500 pages. Harriet (Year 2) pounced on the copy of The Midnight Gang by David Walliams when it arrived for review.
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