The Tasks of Tantalon
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BfK No. 38 - May 1986
Cover Story
Graham Oakley is this issue's Authorgraph with Henry's Quest (0 333 40841 1, £4.95) on our cover (with a little help from Macmillan). The book is a real treat.
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(Puffin Books)
978-0140319699, RRP £2.95, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
Intriguing colour clues (illustrated by Stephen Lavis) tax the ingenuity of young readers in this 'fantasy questbook'. Tantalon is the wizard of the court of Gallantaria (sounds more like an inedible confection). Even wizards must age and decline in power, so Tantalon devises this 'epic adventure quest' to seek out his successor from the kingdom's sharpest minds. Everything you need to know is contained on the page, disguised, camouflaged in the artwork, so good hunting!
