I Want to be an Angel and other stories
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Our cover illustration this month is by Alan Lee from The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien. The first-ever colour illustrated edition is now available from HarperCollins (0 261 102230 3) at £30.00. We thank them for their help in reproducing the cover of the book.
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I Want to be an Angel and other stories
Four stories featuring children from 'minority' backgrounds and the problems they face in pursuit of happiness. Effie dreams of being an angel in the Christmas play, while her family begins to disintegrate; Rajiv strives to summon back the spirit of his banished sister; Dawlish, a traveller, tries to fight rejection by being helpful to everyone; Jasmine struggles to adapt to her new family and the fragility of a first friendship. I felt uneasy that it should be family pathology providing the unifying theme, but the book does attempt to confront issues of prejudice in an imaginative way.
