A Fit of Shivers
Digital version – browse, print or download
Books for Keeps is packed with articles, interviews comment and, of course, reviews.
You can read the whole issue online here, for free!
How to print the digital edition of Books for Keeps: click on this PDF file link - click on the printer icon in the top right of the screen to print.
BfK Newsletter
Receive the latest news & reviews direct to your inbox!
Cover story
On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
PDF
Printer-friendly version
Send to friend
A Fit of Shivers
Joan Aiken's ten stories are crafted with the sure touch that we'd expect. I enjoyed the battling sisters who deliberately give each other ghastly birthday gifts and the twins in 'The Rose-garden Dream' who share the same dream. There's a variety of writing styles throughout and in some stories no concessions are made on vocabulary, especially in 'Number Four, Bowstring Lane', which uses a great number of words that would be fairly out of the way for many young readers.