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BfK No. 49 - March 1988

Cover Story
The photograph on our cover by Sue Wilks is taken from Enough is Too Much Already, a new book by Jan Mark to be published as a Bodley Head Paperback Original in April (0 370 31094 2. £2.95). We are grateful to The Bodley Head for help in using this.

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Mouth Open, Story Jump Out

Grace Hallworth
(Methuen Publishing Ltd)
978-0416075427, RRP £1.75, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
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The delightfully explicit title of Mouth Open, Story Jump Out sets the tone for this fine collection of eight stories with a West Indian setting. Well-told stories about the supernatural have a special 'hold' over Junior age children, and these, with their Caribbean setting, are especially attractive. Titles such as 'Le Diable' and 'The Loup Garou' slip intriguingly off the tongue and tease young imaginations even before the stories are begun. Every culture has its 'witch' stories and the version here, woven around the 'soucayant', is a particularly scary one. An enjoyable set of sinister tales, which will have many a young reader insisting on having the light left on at night after reading them!

Reviewer: 
Bill Boyle
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