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What Happened to the Cat?

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April 2001, no. 229

My Name is Will Thompson by Robert Newton

FACP, $12.95 pb, 124 pp

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Camel Face by Moya Simons

Scholastic, $12.95 pb, 124 pp

Burnt Out by Marguerite Hann Syme

Scholastic, $14.95 pb, 128 pp

What Happened to the Cat?

by
April 2001, no. 229

Funny things happen in children's books, and there are some odd things happening to them, too. Robert Newton and Moya Simons clearly seek to tickle the funny-bone of twelve-year-olds; Marguerite Hann Syme, on the other hand, raises questions that are more likely to preoccupy adults, and there are no wisecracks in her offering. The funny thing is that all three are published as books for young adults, and the cataloguing-­in-publication suggests that all three are ‘juvenile literature’.

My Name is Will Thompson

My Name is Will Thompson

by Robert Newton

FACP, $12.95 pb, 124 pp

Camel Face

Camel Face

by Moya Simons

Scholastic, $12.95 pb, 124 pp

Burnt Out

Burnt Out

Marguerite Hann Syme

Scholastic, $14.95 pb, 128 pp

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