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Cover illustration and those on these pages from Football Crazy by Colin McNaughton, Piccolo £1.25 0 330 26747 7 (published April 1982). Also available in hardback from Heinemann, 434 94991 4, £4.95. We are grateful to Piccolo for their help in reproducing this illustration in full colour.
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Michael's mother doesn't like pets so when he jumps at the chance of giving a temporary home to a friend's chuckwalla (it looks like a baby dinosaur) he knows he's got problems. Solving them and facing more involves much knockabout comedy and a nicely-observed relationship with brother Roger. Nothing to compare with Philippa Pearce's Battle of Bubble and Squeak but a sharp, dry, First-person narrative makes an easy read. Quite funny. Very American.
