Told in rhythmic, lulling prose - the ancient beat of humanity - Alice Hoffman's new young adult novel reads like an oral tradition put down on paper for the first time.
The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman
Reviews: November 2005 Archives
The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman
Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Wonderland, witches and war
Julia Eccleshare's children's book roundup for Christmas from The Guardian
Children's book of the week - Sunday Times - Times Online
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
Funny and cleverly written (but for one misuse of the word “inferred”), this light-hearted and engaging story parodies the spy genre without sacrificing the reader ’s involvement.... NICOLETTE JONES
Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Review: Ingo by Helen Dunmore
Philip Ardagh reviews Ingo by Helen Dunmore in The Guardian:
... ...Though the first in a series, this book works perfectly as a standalone title, with a satisfying resolution but enough left hanging in the air to make the characters and situations live on in the reader's mind. Ingo has a haunting, dangerous beauty all of its own.
Philip Ardagh's latest book is a novelty title aimed mainly at adults and the Christmas market:
Books - reviews and literary news from The Times and The Sunday Times
Amanda Craig finds Ithaka by Adele Geras "an intelligent, warm-hearted novel about the lives of women and children in Homeric Greece" but has one reservation. Find out what, by reading her review.
Theatre: Coram Boy - First night reviews - Times Online
A review of the new Coram Boy production...
COMPETITION
Winners so far:
J DUDDY / M WATERFIELD
We have one more fabulous family ticket-set for this new production
to give away!
Each set comprises
:4 tickets to see the play + a backstage tour + two copies of the book Coram
Boy.
The tickets can be used any time during November. We will be giving away a set of tickets each week during the first three weeks of November.
Here is the final competition question:
Jamila Gavin recently contributed to a collection critical of the current approach in school. Name one of the authors who also contributed..
email your answer to editorial@achuka.co.uk with the word Coram in the message title.
There is also a specially-priced opening ticket offer for all achuka readers (see below).
Coram Boy runs in rep at the National from
2nd November - http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
OPENING TICKET
OFFER
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Offer valid all Monday – Friday
evening performances at 7.30 & all matinees at 2pm until 25 November. Subject
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w/c 31 Oct:
Wed – Sat @ 7.30
w/c 7 Nov:
Mon – Sat @ 7.30
+ Sat @ 2.00
w/c 14 Nov:
Mon, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday @ 7.30
Tuesday @ 7.00
Thursday & Saturday @ 2.00
w/c 21 Nov:
Mon – Fri @ 7.30
Wed @ 2.00
Children's book of the week - Sunday Times - Times Online
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
The Wizard, The Ugly And The Book Of Shame by Pablo Bernasconi
[Bernasconi] is a master of photographic collage, making startling, original, cubist-inspired caricatures composed of unlikely elements: a wizard’s face, for instance, is made out of a cheese grater and a carrot.
Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Flaps and maps
Philip Ardagh admires the atttrention to detail that has gone into the design of Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll but in the end feels a little cheated to find that the maps and other features contribute little to the story:
As for the maps, plans and so on, beautiful though most of them are, they're not integral to the story. They may look great, give a little background and add credibility, but they're not indispensable and neither do they contain "clues". Sure, you might spot a concealed room or gun that later crops up in the text but - with one notable exception - little more than that.
Books - reviews and literary news from The Times and The Sunday Times
Amanda Craig profiles Cressida Cowell
Children's book of the week - Sunday Times - Times Online
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
The Princess and the Pea by Lauren Child, captured by Polly Borland
"this glorious and enticing picturebook NICOLETTE JONES"
Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Swede dreams
Jan Mark reviews A Bridge of Stars by Henning Mankell:
... This is a deep, serious story, written with the lightest of touches and no hint of condescension. Mankell pays his readers the compliment of taking them seriously and the Joels among them will respond to this philanthropist -one who literally likes his fellow humans.
