The Otterbury Incident

"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.