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BfK No. 67 - March 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of The Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Collins and we thank them for their help in using Graham Philpot's illustration.

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Dr Monsoon Taggert's Amazing Finishing Academy

Andrew Matthews
(Mammoth)
978-0749703196, RRP £2.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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Arabella's indulgent parents feed her till she reaches truly mountainous proportions, but starting school and the arrival of the slim, athletic Fawcett children next door make her realise that things aren't as they should be. On her tenth birthday she announces that she'd like to be ordinary and shortly afterwards a mysterious letter arrives from Dr Monsoon Taggert inviting her to become a pupil at his Academy. A very funny, thoroughly moral tale with excellent dialogue and entirely appropriate line drawings from Tony Ross to add to the delights.

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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