The Optimist
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Cover Story
Our front cover this month features an illutration by Mark Longworth for Gillian Cross's new paperback, The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster. Puffin publish this book in April 1995 (see the Gillian Cross Authorgraph for full details) and we are grateful to them for their help in using this illustration.
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Wisely, Danny's Mum makes him talk to the owner of the boat and say he'll replace the lost paddle, and it's thanks to Mr Martin's reaction that Danny finally becomes a competent sailor and a better person. Bob Kerr's story (which apparently transpired because a friend was swept out in a small dinghy) begins with the drama of a near-fatal prank, thus immediately involving the reader in the real predicament of survival at sea. This is more an experience than a tale and will long be remembered.
