Video Rose
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On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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Video Rose
Janet Robertson
Mega-disaster for couch-potato Rose when the ancient video player breaks down and her squabbling, hard-up family can't afford to have it repaired. Enter a magical repair man who not only fixes the machine with one touch of his finger, but leaves Rose with the power to re-wind and fast-forward her own life. Re-wind is fun as she binges on the same sweets, pop and ice-cream over and over again and re-plays incidents to her own advantage - but fast-forward to herself as adult with ageing parents gives her considerable food for thought. An entertaining variant on the time-travel theme with a well-realised domestic setting, a thoroughly modern heroine and convincing supernatural elements. Lots of laughs and some serious points for Year 5s and up. Love it!