The Lemonade Genie
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This issue’s cover illustration by Fangorn is taken from Brian Jacques’ Lord Brocktree (Hutchinson, 0 09 176877 2, £12.99), the thirteenth title in the internationally best-selling Redwall series. Salamandastron, the ancestral home of the Badger Lords, is under threat from Ungatt Trunn, an enemy whose power would seem to be absolute and whose evil knows no bounds. The only hope for survival is the badger Lord Brocktree who is drawn to the fortress by an undeniable sense of destiny. Brian Jacques' masterful storytelling as always spins a web of high adventure that will enthral the reader from the first page to the last. Thanks to Hutchinson Children’s Books for their help in producing this September cover.
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The Lemonade Genie
Illustrated by Tim Archbold
Liberally illustrated with Archbold's humorously wild and scratchy line drawings, this hilarious school story is pure slapstick from beginning to end. Colin Grumbly is a walking disaster zone and the least popular boy in class. When he pulls the ring off a can of lemonade he finds he has summoned an even more disaster prone genie of the can called Keith. Colin's attempts to use his three wishes from Keith to rectify. his disasters result in the playground being stalked by giant-sized clones of himself committing giant-sized disasters... But Colin is to become the unlikely hero of the day. A pacey, energetically written story which makes unpretentious use of folk tale devices. It will have young readers in fits. Let's hope Boote has more up his sleeve.
