Worlds Apart
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Cover Story
The poem on our front cover is taken from Figgie Hobbin by Charles Causley, with illustrations by Gerald Rose, re-issued by Macmillan (0 333 12078 7, £7.50) in May 1990. Figgie Hobbin was first published in 1970 and has remained in print ever since. We are grateful to Macmillan for help in using this illustration.
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Worlds Apart
Susan has never known her father, but finally persuades her mother to discuss him. She secretly traces him, only to discover that he's a famous actor. I warmed to Susan, as will, I suspect, a good number of 3rd- and 4th-year juniors who've read Jill Murphy in their early years. I found the heartiness of the style and the neatness of the ending a little wearing, however. Susan's determination to enjoy a rather genteel poverty might be incomprehensible to readers faced with the realities of such misfortunes.
