The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy
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The illustration on the cover of this issue is an enlarged detail from Badger's Parting Gifts, the book for which Susan Varley won this year's Mother Goose Award. We are grateful for the help of Andersen Press in using this illustration.
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Illustrated by Laurence Hutchins
Fans of Follow That Bus (same writer; same publisher) will enjoy this action-packed adventure around a Cub Scouts' camping holiday. Clever, intricate plot with mummified bodies lurking, car chases, derring-do. My admiration is chiefly for the writer's use of dialogue: she knows as well as anyone how stories come from talk and action. See how the narrative moves in a continuous flow, like a TV script, involving the reader (probably eights to elevens) in the action. Sharp, contemporary writing: Mr Hutchins' pictures are a bonus.
