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Johnny Swanson [Hardcover]

Eleanor Updale
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: David Fickling Books (29 April 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385616422
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385616423
  • Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 3.5 x 18.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 400,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A rip-roaring mystery adventure with the most unlikely hero ever.

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SPECIAL OFFER - THE SECRET OF INSTANT DELIGHT! Be the first to read Johnny Swanson!

The book that's got the nation talking - yours by return of post.

All is revealed:

The truth about the Stambleton murder

The facts behind the TB scare

The real identity of Ada Ardour

And one boy's fight to save his mother's life!

All this, and the answer to the burning question of 1929:

What on earth is a CLONG?

(To find out, send a P.O. for 2/6 to Box 90)


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By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Johnny Swanson is an unlikely hero for this mystery story. Scrawny and bullied at school, Johnny struggles to be accepted by his class mates, and he and his mum Winnie have to work hard to survive after his dad is killed in the First World War. Money troubles loom large as the new landlord of their cottage threatens to put the rent up and Winnie knows she can't afford to pay it.

Scammed by a newspaper advertisement himself, Johnny adopts the idea to make money and help his mother, but in the process gets involved in a terrible tale of murder and deceit, played out against the background of the TB epidemic sweeping the nation in 1929.

The story is pacy, lively and full of suitably gory horrors and twists to delight most older children. I would recommend it for children of 11 and up, as some of the themes are rather brutal and the descriptions of murder victims etc quite graphic. It is however, great fun and very exciting and a worthy successor to the Montmorency books previously written by Updale.
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By Jessica
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Covers always create an impression of what the story is about. Usually it works. Sometimes I don't like the cover. In this case, the cover captures the essence of the story perfectly. On the back is an envelope and some money, which provides the basis for Johnny's scams. On the front flap Johnny has written an ad for the book, similar to how he would write his scams. I found Hutch's comment hilarious.

Ok, the summary from RHCB might make you think huh? Basically Johnny lives with his mother. For one reason and another he responds to an ad in the paper which is in fact a scam. Disappointed at being ripped off, Johnny feels guilty for taking the money from his mother (without telling her) and wants to pay her back .He can't get enough money on his meagre paper round. So he decides to write a scam in the paper. It takes a bit of planning and several small lies. This lies have huge implications for Johnny later on in the novel. Serious ones. They lead to his mother being tried as a suspect for murder. The whole town turns against Johnny.

He manages to avoid going in to care, but only because of his scam. The scam mostly causes trouble, but it also saves Johnny and his mother at the end. I was saddened but not surprised at how people act towards Johnny when his mother is a suspect. He has a few who stand by him, and there is a wonderful (if a little predictable) surprise at the end of the story involving one of the people. I loved finding out how telephones worked, and also more about the old money system. I was horrified by how Johnny's friend was treated in the sanatorium. Life was - and in places still is - very cruel for orphans.
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