Face at the Edge of the World ¦ Remembering the Good Times
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The illustration on our cover is by Stephen Lavis and is taken from the paperback edition of The Hounds of The Morrigan by Pat O'Shea (Puffin, 014 03.2207 8, £2.95). We are grateful to Puffin Books for help in using this illustration.
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Face at the Edge of the World
Remembering the Good Times
I was absorbed by both, but couldn't recall either when I came to write this, because of the 'designer' covers!
Remembering has three Mid-West kids, each unusual. Buck, now 16, describes the four-year friendship. He and Kate, in different ways, are outsiders; Trav, an insider with apparently exceptional potential, kills himself.
Face has three West Coast kids, each unusual. Jed 17, in love with Annie, can't believe Charlie has killed himself, With her support, he discovers Charlie's innocent reasons.
Such lumping together is unfair. Both books deserve readers (even if adolescent suicide isn't quite such a pressing issue for teenagers here). Remembering is easier and, perhaps more than exploring reasons for suicide, creates a lovely sense of place and time, of change and loss. Face is more demanding, more political, raises more questions.