Quake
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The illustration on our cover is taken from Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P J Lynch, 0 7500 0302 2, £10.00 (see Fairy Tale Favourites). The book is published by Simon & Schuster and we're grateful to them for help in using this illustration.
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The disaster movie made into Junior fiction - and done well, too. The quake in the Midlands town is made horribly real; abrupt, disorientating and very frightening. The story weaves separate strands of people's experiences catching the immediate shock of the quake very effectively. Some characters and strands are less deeply thought through than others, but the main elements hold the attention after a slightly slow prelude. At this price it's well worth having a class collection.
