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 Just Henry - Michelle Magorian
Newest Review: ... the time. As we go through the book, Henry makes new friends along the way, so we soon get a nice little gang to follow. ... more  ... There are Pip and Jeffries - his friends from school, Grace - the young girl who shares his love of cinema and Mrs. Beaumont - a woman who he meets, because she helps him get into A-rated films, where he needs an adult to accompany him.
This group of people are really well written and you soon feel you know them. Each character has their own back-story and their own journey to make throughout the pages of the novel.
Early on, Henry doesn't talk to Pip and Jeffries, because his Gran has told him not to. This is because...more |
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Just Henry - Michelle Magorian: Marvellous Magorian! (692 words)
by - written on 26/09/08 (Very useful, 119 readings)
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I hadn't read anything by Michelle Magorian previously, but I have been aware of her for a long time, because I was friends with her brother at University. This novel - Just Henry - is aimed at teenagers and presumably competent and enthusiastic readers, as it is over 700 pages long. It follows the exploits of Henry Dodge, a boy in his final year of school, living in post-War Britain. His father died a war hero and he now lives with his mother and stepfather, younger sister Molly and his grandmother. His main love is going to the cinema and the book is punctuated throughout with details of his visits and the films he sees. This gives a fascinating ... Read the complete review
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