Inside the Worm
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BfK No. 86 - May 1994
Cover Story
Our cover this month is taken from Jane Hissey's new book, Ruff, which is published by Hutchinson. We're grateful to them for their help in reproducing this illustration.
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Inside the Worm
Illustrated by Jon Riley
(Corgi Childrens)
978-0440863007, RRP £3.99, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
First Room 13, now Inside the Worm - Robert Swindells should produce a series of books with the qualities of these two titles. Here are short, finely-paced chapters, action without melodrama, chill without garish theatricality. A festival celebrating 1000 years of freedom from the Elsworth Worm, vanquished by the maid Ceridwen, takes on a sinister element. The four children inside the Worm's costume become instruments of its latent malevolent power. Read on and make sure this is a class set!
