Finding Joe
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Cover Story
The anarchic hero of many daring adventures, William, as depicted on our cover by Thomas Henry in one of his effective, humorous pen and ink illustrations, is now a period piece. A William de nos jours illustrated by Tony Ross and aimed at a younger audience stands alongside him. This new William will be featured in adaptations of the stories by Martin Jarvis. Richmal Crompton, author of the William books, is the subject of this issue's Authorgraph. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help with this November cover.
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Finding Joe
Joe is missing. And nobody wants talk about it. Each of Joe's friends, Barry, Paul and Jake, harbours a secret about their relationship with him but they will not share what they know with each other. Instead, they grudgingly search the foul wood and stagnant marshes, the playground of their youth, in a half-hearted attempt to find him. Master writes with a psychological intensity as the boys confront fight, that recalls the hunting games in Golding's Lord of the Flies, the boys discover how easy it is to cross the line between fantasy and reality. A tightly structured novel that shifts attention from the dynamic of group interaction to individual reflection, highlighting dissonance between thought and word. Gripping from beginning to end.