My Name is Will Thompson
FACP, $12.95 pb, 124 pp
Camel Face
Scholastic, $12.95 pb, 124 pp
Burnt Out
Scholastic, $14.95 pb, 128 pp
What Happened to the Cat?
Funny things happen in children's books, and there are some odd things happening to them, too. Robert Newton and Moya Simons clearly seek to tickle the funny-bone of twelve-year-olds; Marguerite Hann Syme, on the other hand, raises questions that are more likely to preoccupy adults, and there are no wisecracks in her offering. The funny thing is that all three are published as books for young adults, and the cataloguing-in-publication suggests that all three are ‘juvenile literature’.
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My Name is Will Thompson
by Robert Newton
FACP, $12.95 pb, 124 pp
Camel Face
by Moya Simons
Scholastic, $12.95 pb, 124 pp
Burnt Out
Marguerite Hann Syme
Scholastic, $14.95 pb, 128 pp
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