The Runaway Serf
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BfK No. 1 - March 1980
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The first issue of Books for Keeps ever published! But we couldn't afford full-colour! Illustration from The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl, picture by Quentin Blake. Published by Joanathon Cape and Puffin Books.
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Send to friendSet after the Black Death when a severe shortage of labour transformed the feudal system. Large print and short sentences, but it would take an eight-year-old to cope with the language. Older children looking for a short story with lots of plot might enjoy it.
