The Ogre Who Wasn't - Michael Morpurgo

Clara is a small, strong-willed princess who likes running wild, jumping ditches and climbing tree. Most of all, she loves collecting creepy-crawlies and making them her friends. That’s not easy with a bossy butler and a pernickety nanny always on your case. When Clara discovers that an ogre she keeps in her shoe under her bed isn’t an ogre at all, he offers her a way out of her predicament. There’s only one thing she needs to do...