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The illustration on our cover this month is by Ted Dewan from Inside Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. This book was written by Steve Parker and published by Dorling Kindersley, to whom we are grateful for their help in using this illustration.
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Baz Bradshaw wins a scholarship to Bryce's, the anachronistic and elitist school next door to his former comprehensive. The stage is set for confrontation - Baz is half-caste, an intellectually gifted rebel who finds his voice against the system's inequalities when he leads his Common Man Party to nearvictory in the school's mock elections. Bryce's headmaster, Mr Lyme, slides closest to caricature but the gentle tongue-in-cheek ridicule of Ann Pilling's tale saves him from disaster. She writes in a contemporary style which is authentic and devoid of condescension. This book will be thoroughly enjoyed by both sexes from Year 8 upwards.
