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BfK 138 January 2003

January 1, 2003/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Alan Gibbons’s Caught in the Crossfire. Alan Gibbons is interviewed by George Hunt on page 12. Thanks to Orion Children’s Books for their help with this January cover.

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Notes from a Liar and her Dog

Gennifer Choldenko
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Goodbye Mog

Judith Kerr
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Articles

Editorial 138: January 2003
News and comment from the Editor.
Mightier Than The Sword
Shereen Pandit on children and books in Palestine.
Launching Young Readers: How to navigate through the series
Julia Eccleshare on young fiction series.
Strange Boy or Weird World?
Jonathan Douglas on Paul Magrs’s novel, Strange Boy.
The Wonderful Thing
Paul Magrs on teen gay fiction.
Authorgraph No.138: Alan Gibbons
Alan Gibbons interviewed by George Hunt.
BfK Profile: Sonya Hartnett
Nicholas Tucker on Sonya Hartnett.
Hal’s Reading Diary: January 2003
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 22 months.
Useful Organisations No.25
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
BfK News: January 2003
News * Prizes
I Wish I’d Written: Celia Rees
Celia Rees on Susan Price's The Sterkarm Handshake.
Good Reads: Milford-on-Sea Primary School
Reviews by pupils from Milford-on-Sea Primary School, Hampshire.
Classics in Short No.37: Peacock Pie
Brian Alderson on Walter de la Mare’s Peacock Pie.

Book Reviews

An Interview with Jamila Gavin

Joanna Carey
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Diabetes

Jo Whelan
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Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants

Louise Rennison
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The Girls in the Velvet Frame

Adèle Geras
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Double Fudge

Judy Blume
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Notes from a Liar and her Dog

Gennifer Choldenko
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A Question of Courage

Marjorie Darke
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Saffy’s Angel

Hilary McKay
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Scarface Claw

Lynley Dodd
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Rosalind Franklin

Cath Senker
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Hold Tight!

John Prater
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Daisy May

Jean Ure
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