Ring-Rise, Ring-Set
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Cover Story
On our cover this issue we feature an illustration by Charles Keeping from Beowulf (OUP, 0 19 279770 0, £4.50), a new picture book version for 9-13s of the Anglo-Saxon hero tale. The story is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland. We are most grateful to Oxford University Press for their help in using this illustration.
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Ring-Rise, Ring-Set
Not one of Monica Hughes' best books. With the Ice Age cometh idea as backdrop, Liza frets about women's restricted life in a Canadian scientific community, part of the research effort to half the glaciers. An impetuous escapade necessitates rescue by Ekoes, descendants of Eskimoes, who become her family for several months. Hereafter. her loyalties are torn, especially when the scientists' first breakthrough proves fatal to the caribou upon which the Ekoes depend. Both characters and plot show little originality and there's insufficient drama to grab many readers. Exclusively for fans of Monica Hughes and similar writers.