Margaret Meek, Reader Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London, UK Victor Watson, Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK.

• A survey of the field including the work of: - Mark Twain - Paul Zindel - Louis Sachar - Nick Warburton - Phillippa Pearce - Cynthia Voigt - Jan Mark - Index

The reader is reflectively and imaginatively involved in the dilemmas and identities of the characters. This dual focus of growth in the text and in being engaged with the text depends on self-consciousness, and parallels theh experience of teh reviewer with this enlightening book".

Margaret Meek, Reader Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London, UK Victor Watson, Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK.

• A survey of the field including the work of: - Mark Twain - Paul Zindel - Louis Sachar - Nick Warburton - Phillippa Pearce - Cynthia Voigt - Jan Mark - Index

The reader is reflectively and imaginatively involved in the dilemmas and identities of the characters. This dual focus of growth in the text and in being engaged with the text depends on self-consciousness, and parallels theh experience of teh reviewer with this enlightening book".

Margaret Meek, Reader Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London, UK Victor Watson, Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK.

• A survey of the field including the work of: - Mark Twain - Paul Zindel - Louis Sachar - Nick Warburton - Phillippa Pearce - Cynthia Voigt - Jan Mark - Index

The reader is reflectively and imaginatively involved in the dilemmas and identities of the characters. This dual focus of growth in the text and in being engaged with the text depends on self-consciousness, and parallels theh experience of teh reviewer with this enlightening book".