The Web
Angus & Robertson, $7.95pb
Amy Amaryllis
Angus & Robertson, $8.95pb
Children's and Young Adult Fiction
From the Word Go
Books for younger readers
by Meg Sorensen •
You often bring baggage to a book. Previous books. Gossip. The author’s photograph. The design or picture on the cover. Tabula rasa I am not. As a reviewer, I do endeavour to wipe the slate as clean as possible, but there’s always the odd smudge. In the case of Nette Hilton’s The Web, I found my hackles rising on sight. What was this! A rip-off comic strip version of E.B. White with loopy drawings à la Quentin Blake?
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