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September 1, 2002/in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle /by Richard Hill
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BfK 136 September 2002
Reviewer: Andrea Reece
ISBN: 978-1903015179
Price: £4.99
Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 8-10 Junior/Middle
Length: 96pp
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Strange Exchange

Author: Pat Thomson

Mike’s foreign exchange student seems a bit strange and no wonder, he’s not from France at all but another planet and he’s on a mission to learn about humans. This sets the scene for some very funny situation comedy. The barn dancing episode for example – ‘who won?’ asks Pascal the alien – had me laughing out loud. It also allows for some very witty explorations of human behaviour whether it’s the statements you make by choosing to use a mug or a tea-cup, the psychology of bullying or the importance of jokes. First published in 1991 this is a very worthwhile reissue. Congratulations to Thomson too for inventing EncycloWhoopee World ‘Where Education is Fun for all the Family’. This whole chapter could now be read as a sharp piece of satire on the Millennium Dome. Lots of fun and lots to think about too.

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