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From the Word Go

Books for younger readers
by
September 1992, no. 144

The Web by Nette Hilton

Angus & Robertson, $7.95pb

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Amy Amaryllis by Sally Odgers

Angus & Robertson, $8.95pb

From the Word Go

Books for younger readers
by
September 1992, no. 144

You often bring baggage to a book. Previous books. Gossip. The author’s photograph. The design or picture on the cover. Tabula rasa I am not. As a reviewer, I do endeavour to wipe the slate as clean as possible, but there’s always the odd smudge. In the case of Nette Hilton’s The Web, I found my hackles rising on sight. What was this! A rip-off comic strip version of E.B. White with loopy drawings à la Quentin Blake?

Meg Sorensen reviews 'The Web' by Nette Hilton and 'Amy Amaryllis' by Sally Odgers

The Web

by Nette Hilton

Angus & Robertson, $7.95pb

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Amy Amaryllis

by Sally Odgers

Angus & Robertson, $8.95pb

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