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BfK No. 19 - March 1983

Cover Book
On our cover this issue we feature The Chicken Book by Garth Williams. (See feature on p. 21 for details).  We are grateful to Patrick Hardy Books for help in using this picture.

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The Girl who Wanted a Boy

Paul Zindel
(Puffin Books)
978-0140314557, RRP £1.50, Paperback
14+ Secondary/Adult
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Sibella Cametta does well in school, has a fat bank balance from building shelves, fixing cars and wiring in light fittings - but she wants a boy. Then she sees him in the paper: goes out to get him. Transpires he's a typical Zindel victim - but young enough to stand a chance when Sibella buys him the possibility of a future. Not the best way into Zindel - but a possible extra title for those who know and like his books already. It's slim - and that's a plus even if the boy on the front won't fit the Sweet Dreams of the fifth form.

Reviewer: 
Steve Bowles
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