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End of Term
Thanks to Hallie, at last I get to read more Antonia Forest.I don't know why I keep thinking of Hilary McKay when I read these. Yes I do. Though the 'feel' is different (the Marlows are more conventional than the Cassons) the complexities of the characters, the family dynamics, the friend and not-friend dynamics are similar in their unpredictable lightning-zigs.Forest even refreshes the tired old trope of twins switching places, handling it with humor, and sympathy--and with the promise that there will be consequences, instead of everybody who'd been fooled grinning and shouting "Jolly good show!"But I slurped that book up far too rapidly, and need to withold the others until I get more chores done.