The Otterbury Incident

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The Otterbury Incident is a novel for children by Cecil Day-Lewis.

Written in 1948 and set in post-World War Two London, it is written in the first person of George who with his friends begin a scheme to collect money to repair a window accidentally broken by their friend Nick. In so doing however they uncover a criminal plot led by spiv Johnny Sharp.

Day-Lewis's second and final children's book, the novel is an adaptation of a French screenplay, Nous les gosses (Us Kids) which was filmed in 1941.

The original novel was illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.