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Article: Knopf/Delacorte/Dell/Random House.(Clay)(Just in Case)(Endymion Spring)(Celandine)(Far-Flung Adventures: Corby Flood)(Children's review)(Book review)
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- Children's Bookwatch
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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Knopf/Delacorte/Dell/Random House
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
www.randomhouse.com/kids
Two Catholic altar boys are used to being mischievous, so a friendship with a quiet new boy Stephen doesn't seem a likely assignment from Father O'Mahoney. When Davie discovers Stephen's unique talent to bring clay to life, Stephen asks for his help: he wants to bring a man-sized sculpture to life rather than the little figures he's been endowing with life's spark--and when he does, Clay and trouble are born in the compelling Frankenstein-like saga by David Almond CLAY (038573171X $15.95)--but with more depth of accompanying characters. Meg Rosoff wrote ...