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|title=Soonchild

|author=Russell Hoban

|reviewer=Jill Murphy

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=144

|publisher=Walker

|date=March 2012

|isbn= 1406329916

}}

Sixteen-Face John needs all sixteen faces to cope with his many fears. He's an Inuit shaman but all that shaman stuff got a bit too much - especially considering the fear thing - and so these days in the North, he spends more time drinking Coca Cola and watching TV than he does shamanising. It's less anxious that way. But there's a problem. John's wife, No Problem, is pregnant, and their Soonchild is refusing to come out. John must go on a dream journey to rescue the World Songs if Soonchild is ever to be born.

Some have said that ''Soonchild'' isn't really a book for young adults. Well, it is and it isn't. It's a book for ''everyone''. I'd read it to young children - all folk tales are scary. I'd read it myself for pleasure. It has to be packaged for someone. Why not young adults? And if the label doesn't bother you either, you'll also enjoy [[Fup by Jim Dodge]] (adults), [[Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan]] (adults); [[The Savage by David Almond and Dave McKean]] (little kids); [[A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness]] (middle kids), and [[A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton]] (little kids).

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