Beside the Sea with Jeremy James
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is from the newly-published Robert Cormier novel Beyond the Chocolate War, (Gollancz, 0 575 03711 3, £7.95). The illustration is by Caroline Binch and shows in the centre Archie Costello, Assigner of the Vigils, holding the white ball which readers of The Chocolate War will remember as all important in deciding who undertakes the assignments that are required from certain unfortunate individuals. In this sequel new characters join him and the old return to play out Archie's last term at Trinity High. We are grateful to Gollancz for help in using this illustration.
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Beside the Sea with Jeremy James
I have never really understood the attraction of the Jeremy James stories. It seems to me that the author is laughing 'at' rather than 'with' children whom I feel may well find his style patronising. The ten episodes in this volume relate incidents in a week's holiday of Jeremy and his family. Presumably they are intended to be read aloud but the humour strikes me as being too adult for a young audience.
