Action Scene 1: Skydive ¦ Action Scene 2: Seabird
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The startling illustration on our cover is by John Marriott and is taken from the cover of the paperback edition of The Willow Street Kids (Piccolo, 0 330 29701 5, £1.75). We are grateful to Piccolo for help in using this illustration.
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Action Scene 1: Skydive
Action Scene 2: Seabird
Series with youthful heroes who surmount tremendous odds, have incredible adventures and keep on surviving, abound. I found the latest British offering in this mould quite plausible and palatable!
Nick and Jenny, brother and sister aged 13 and 12 years respectively, leave their stuntman father, and go off to experience nail-biting action. In Skydive the children foil a plot to rob a nuclear fuel plant in Wales. In Seabird they eventually rescue a kidnapped American from a Florida island. As one would expect the villains are slightly larger than life, real 'baddies' who threaten and almost succeed in their dastardly deeds. The children, who certainly have more lives than a cat, are pleasantly human and, because of this, a touch of credibility clings to the adventures.
No illustrations, but accurate eye-catching covers and a very accessible text. Worth having in the library for stamina building.