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BfK No. 19 - March 1983

Cover Book
On our cover this issue we feature The Chicken Book by Garth Williams. (See feature on p. 21 for details).  We are grateful to Patrick Hardy Books for help in using this picture.

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Hairs in the Palm of the Hand

Jan Mark
(Puffin Books)
978-0140314410, RRP £3.25, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
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The title refers of course to the first signs of madness, well-known to all school children and an apt title for these two wickedly funny school stories. In Time and the Hour a group of boys run a time and motion study on the time wasted each day by both teachers and children. When a 'book' is opened and bets placed on the final result chaos mounts. Chutzpah, the second story, also tells of disruption in school. There is more than a hint of truth about schools and those therein in both these tales. Each story is a quick satisfying read and both are good for reading aloud.

Reviewer: 
Cathy Lister
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