Hero of Lesser Causes
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The cover illustration for this issue is by Tony Ross for Allan Ahlberg’s latest addition to the ‘Happy Family’ series, Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter. We are grateful to Puffin Books for their help in producing the cover of this November issue.
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Hero of Lesser Causes
'You'll run ahead with some half-baked idea that'll end up being embarrassing for all concerned. Especially me.' Patrick's exasperation with his sister, Keely, is born of experience, but also of deep depression. He lies inert and wasted after contracting polio at the local pool and Keely has desperate, romantic notions of reviving his taste for life and adventure. This is a many-layered novel that engulfs you with its rightness and humanity. It is an award winner worth pursuing with serious readers.
