Thin Air
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover this month is by Andrew Skilleter from Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone. Susan Cooper is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell. The book is published by Bodley Head, to whom we are grateful for help in using this illustration.
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'I just want to be a regular kid! Why can't I just be a regular kid? Why do I have to have asthma? Why do I have to be so weak? This is the cry of Joseph Katz whom everyone carefully protects and wants to put in a special class at school. He has a valid point but his methods of going about changing his situation have a nasty selfcentred and inconsiderate side to them, particularly where elder brother Isaac is concerned. Encounters with a blind news-vendor and a green-eyed girl start to bring about positive change. The humour and style of this book commend it for a wide readership.
