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BBC Audiobooks Frozen Billy (BBC Audio Collection)
Mining the myriad of rich and atmospheric story themes that spring from the colourful heyday of the old Victorian music halls, Anne Fine's latest novel is a visual and eerily spooky treat that more than lives up her reputation as one of the country's finest writers for children. The award-winning author of <I>Flour Babies</I> and <I>Goggle-Eyes</I> , Fine has recently been the Children's Laureate and is consistently original and witty and entertaining in all of her work. Many a recent author of children's books could learn a thing or two about writing and narrative by reading Fine's extensive backlist. <p> Here, her story concerns the fate of brother and sister, Clarrie and Will, whose misfortunes lead them into residing with their Uncle Len. While their father is in Australia trying to secure a job and a brighter future for his family, their mother, in Ireland for a funeral, is trapped there--wrongly accused of stealing a basket of food. Len's brilliance as a ventriloquist is matched only by his special ability to destroy his career by the consumption of beer. <p> Then one of Will's seemingly perfect ideas saves the day. He suggests that he dresses up as the twin of Len's dummy, Frozen Billy, to form a new act. Carrie is severely unnerved by Len's life-like dummy and becomes even more so when Will's personality begins to change and distort when their double act is a success. Carrie thinks this new stage act has the power to destroy her whole family and she must act fast to save everybody. <p> Fine's unsettling narrative is different from her trademark domestic dramas--but it is equally as powerful. It's a chilling tale, with hints of the supernatural that nevertheless has charm and excitement. And, as with all of Fine's novels, is has the requisite happy ending. (Age 10 and over) --<I>John McLay</I>
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BBC Audiobooks The Woman's Hour: A Celebration of Mothers (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks Busman's Honeymoon (BBC Audio Collection: Crime)
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BBC Audiobooks The Woman's Hour: A Celebration of Mothers (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks The Silver Pigs: Starring Anton Lesser and Fritha Goodey (BBC Audio Collection: Crime)
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BBC Audiobooks Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Quitting Smoking Forever (BBC Audio Collection: Lifestyle)
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BBC Audiobooks Eyewitness 1950-1959 (BBC Audio History S.)
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BBC Audiobooks Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Relaxing Sleep Every Night (BBC Audio Collection: Lifestyle)
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BBC Audiobooks Doctor Who and the Pescatons (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks A Certain Age: The Female Monologues (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks The Silver Pigs: Starring Anton Lesser and Fritha Goodey (BBC Audio Collection: Crime)
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BBC Audiobooks Frozen Billy (BBC Audio Collection)
Mining the myriad of rich and atmospheric story themes that spring from the colourful heyday of the old Victorian music halls, Anne Fine's latest novel is a visual and eerily spooky treat that more than lives up her reputation as one of the country's finest writers for children. The award-winning author of <I>Flour Babies</I> and <I>Goggle-Eyes</I> , Fine has recently been the Children's Laureate and is consistently original and witty and entertaining in all of her work. Many a recent author of children's books could learn a thing or two about writing and narrative by reading Fine's extensive backlist. <p> Here, her story concerns the fate of brother and sister, Clarrie and Will, whose misfortunes lead them into residing with their Uncle Len. While their father is in Australia trying to secure a job and a brighter future for his family, their mother, in Ireland for a funeral, is trapped there--wrongly accused of stealing a basket of food. Len's brilliance as a ventriloquist is matched only by his special ability to destroy his career by the consumption of beer. <p> Then one of Will's seemingly perfect ideas saves the day. He suggests that he dresses up as the twin of Len's dummy, Frozen Billy, to form a new act. Carrie is severely unnerved by Len's life-like dummy and becomes even more so when Will's personality begins to change and distort when their double act is a success. Carrie thinks this new stage act has the power to destroy her whole family and she must act fast to save everybody. <p> Fine's unsettling narrative is different from her trademark domestic dramas--but it is equally as powerful. It's a chilling tale, with hints of the supernatural that nevertheless has charm and excitement. And, as with all of Fine's novels, is has the requisite happy ending. (Age 10 and over) --<I>John McLay</I>
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BBC Audiobooks Doctor Who, the Underwater Menace (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks Poetry in Motion (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Active Quickstart German
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BBC Audiobooks Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Overcoming Stress (BBC Audio Collection: Lifestyle)
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BBC Audiobooks Blackadder the Third: 6 Historic Episodes (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks A Certain Age: The Female Monologues (BBC Audio Collection)
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BBC Audiobooks The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (BBC Audio)
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BBC Audiobooks Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Permanent and Natural Weight Loss (BBC Audio Collection: Lifestyle)
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BBC Audiobooks Batman, Knightfall
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BBC Audiobooks Eyewitness, the 1910s: Authentic Voices of the 20th Century (BBC Audio History S.)
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