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|date=June 2010
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Teen fiction is engaging wonderfully well with the issue of knives. Two of my favourites in the field are [[The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan]] and [[Teacher's Dead by Benjamin Zephaniah]]. [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] is also superb.
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|name= Katherine Grover
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|comment= Linda came to the International School of Aberdeen during our Elementary Art and Writing in April 2010.
She read an extract of "Dead Boy Talking" to our fifth graders. You could have heard a pin drop! Linda really knows how to hold her audience's attention. The students were enthralled but disappointed that they couldn't get hold of the book immediately to finish reading it for themselves, as both the subject matter and writing style appealed to them.
After her visit many of our students went on to read her other book aimed at teenagers, "Spider." This book also deals with hard-hitting, 'youth' topics- joy-riding and teenage pregnancy. A book I would definitely recommend.
Katherine Grover
School Librarian
International School of Aberdeen
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