Goal-getter; Hero; Hot News; Rapid
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This issue’s cover is from J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in what is already a classic new series. The first two titles were Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help. Cover image based on original artwork by Cliff Wright
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Goal-getter
Illustrated by Bob Moulder
Hero
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Hot News
Illustrated by Lucy Su
Rapid
Illustrated by Kim Harley
Another set of four of the highly illustrated, comic book style hard-backs.
Goal-getter is an eminently predictable teenage football story with a ridiculous fair-ground roller coaster rescue attempt thrown in.
Hero goes for street cred by being set in the street hockey scene which, in truth, has little real importance in the actual plot in which Bob finds out some unpleasant truths about the older brother he has always idolised.
Hot News is a dismal tale of teenage gossiping and rumour-mongering.
Rapid is the name of the singing foursome who stun everyone at the Taster Day with their song ‘Don’t get me wrong’ . Complications arise as they set out to do a demo-tape and angle for a recording contract especially in the relationship between Jonny and Win. This has much the most emotional depth of the four and some effective characterisation within the limits of 80 pages with substantial illustrations.
