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BfK No. 93 - July 1995

Cover Story
July's front cover features the hardback version of Paula Danziger's Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James, using an illustration by Joe Csatari. The book is published by Heinemann and we're grateful to them for their help. For further details see the Authorgraph interview with Paula Danziger.

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The Place Between

Hugh Scott
(Walker Books Ltd)
978-0744536805, RRP £3.99, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
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A strikingly beautiful cover is slightly marred by the rather theatrical statement 'Master of Menace' emblazoned across it. Perhaps Walker feel that Hugh Scott needs more positive marketing - he's certainly one of the best writers for children around, though still sadly underrated. Stella and Daniel become aware of strange happenings - trees which move, people who disappear and reappear - and after a near-fatal fire at a local farm an expert on the supernatural, Eric Railford, confirms their suspicions. Scott builds his tension through the interaction of a shadow-world and contemporary existence. When Stella, her mother and an artist, are trapped in the place between the two, Scott tightens the screws by introducing a race against time as Railford reluctantly begins to close the door that connects them. I won't spoil the ending...

Reviewer: 
Val Randall
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