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YA Fiction

Other Worlds

by Stephen Matthews
July 1999, no. 212

The View from Ararat by Brian Caswell

UQP $14.90 pb, 268 pp

Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove

Allen & Unwin $14.90 pb, 177 pp

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For a reviewer, there’s always a temptation to seek a link when writing about more than one book at a time. In this instance, the link, if there is one, is that both these novels for young adults attempt to recreate other worlds, albeit in one case an imagined one, in the other a ‘real’ one. In other respects, however, they could hardly be more different. One credits its readers with intelligence and stamina, the other condescends to them.

 


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The View from Ararat by Brian Caswell

UQP $14.90 pb, 268 pp

Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove

Allen & Unwin $14.90 pb, 177 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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