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BfK No. 69 - July 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of The Book of the Banshee by Anne Fine (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Hamish Hamilton and we thank them for their help in using Derek Brazell's illustration.

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The Fizziness Business

Robin Kingsland
(Collins)
64pp, 978-0006741725, RRP £3.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Almost Goodbye, Guzzler

Helen Cresswell and Judy Brown
(HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks)
64pp, 978-0006738817, RRP £5.99, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Two entertaining additions to the 'Jets' range. In The Fizziness Business two escaped convicts attempt to steal the Crown Jewels with the assistance of a dastardly crow and a couple of ingenious concoctions. Unfortunately, their plans fail to allow for their own spectacular stupidity.

Almost Goodbye, Guzzler is a variant on the theme of the perverse fulfilment of wishes granted by genies. Schoolkid Guzzler relishes becoming invisible, but when he achieves this state his clothes remain visible, causing an apparent plague of hallucinations in his neighbourhood.

In both books the ususl 'Jets' blend of extravagant humour, cartoon dialogue and bold illustration works its reliable magic.

Reviewer: 
George Hunt
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