ACHUKAreviews

  • Back to main ACHUKA page…

Hugo Pepper

March 29, 2006 By jacob Leave a Comment

Paul Stewart Illus. Chris Riddell

Doubleday

0385607253

Apr 2006

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell share one of the most dynamic author-illustrator partnerships in children’s literature today. The fruits of this truly collaborative process shimmer, shine and truly stand-out from the crowded book shelves in shops, libraries, schools and homes. Their ‘Far Flung Adventures’ series ‘ each one eponymously named after its hero or heroine ‘ have charted a fantastical world perfect for fuelling the minds and imaginations of small children.
‘Hugo Pepper’ is the third, and sadly reportedly also the final, novel in this series. Mystery, adventure and humour combine as Hugo pieces together the fragments of stories amassed by renowned story collector Wilfrid McPherson, the background to the blight that The Firefly Quarterly has become upon Firefly Square and the role of himself and his family to the legend of Brimstone Kate and her lost treasure. The joy here is that readers make their own deductions in parallel alongside Hugo to arrive at the various kinds of misappropriation the media are wielding to exert control over the community of Firefly Square.
What is particularly admirable in ‘Hugo Pepper’ is that Stewart and Riddell have crafted in this book a remarkably apt yet good-humoured exploration of the way stories construct our sense of identity ‘ our personal history with ancestries amalgamated, the platform of the present and the possibilities the future poses for us all’
The gentlemen are on fine flying form here, prompting the request ‘Please Sirs, we want some more”

Filed Under: Fiction

Social

  • View achuka’s profile on Twitter

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Categories

  • Adult
  • Audiobook
  • Chapter Books
  • Counting
  • Drama
  • Early Readers
  • Fairytales & Retellings
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Graphic Novels
  • Historical
  • Humour
  • Mystery/Thriller
  • Non-Fiction
  • Picture Books
  • Poetry
  • Pop-Ups
  • Reference
  • SciFi
  • Series
  • Teen/YA
  • Uncategorized
  • War

Archives

  • August 2018
  • February 2018
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • May 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • November 2011
  • September 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • September 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • February 2010
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • June 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • July 2008
  • March 2008
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005
  • November 2005
  • October 2005

Copyright ACHUKA © 2021 · designed on Genesis Framework