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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

}}

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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