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Bezig met laden... Het Octopus-complot (1982)door Gillian Cross
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I read this in primary school and it's stuck with me ever since; I was delighted a couple of years back to discover there were sequels and even more delighted today to discover my friends' son head-deep reading the original. When he'd finished I got to re-read and was even more delighted to discover that it was just as good (though a much quicker read!) as I remembered. It was also fascinating to read the "Headmaster is a marvellous man" line which I'd forgotten, and realise I'd written something very similar into a short story just a few years ago. Funny how the brain works! Now, just as the first time I read it, I'm frustrated that Dinah couldn't have just... turned the tape player on and then taken her hand out of her pocket. But other than that the kid characters make a pretty good job of figuring out things to try, and their failures (and successes) are believable. I have loved this book since primary school, and still love it rereading it in my thirties. Mostly for really self indulgent reasons - a girl hero who is a genius at maths! A story of how a family adapts to having a foster kid turn up! A school where the headmaster can control you with hypnosis and punish you terribly if you misbehave! The bravery of doing the right thing even when you know you and those you love will be hurt for it! I also think it's really nicely crafted - tightly plotted, and really page turning. Obviously a book I adore because I read it at just the right time, but I did, and I do. Lloyd and Harry Harvey worry that their new foster-sister Dinah will become one of "them" - the oddly well-behaved children at their school. Children who act in a strangely robotic fashion, and who when asked, will invariably respond "He (the headmaster) is a marvellous man and this is the best school I've ever been to"(31). Their concern seems warranted at first, as Dinah appears to fall into step with the majority. But no one, not Lloyd and Harvey, not their small group of misfit friends, and certainly not the headmaster, counted on Dinah's stubborn streak, and it soon emerges that the headmaster is using hypnotism to control the students and teachers. But to what end? This is an interesting exploration, in school-story format, of the conflict between order and freedom. The headmaster's motto: "The man who can keep order can rule the world," is as succinct an expression of this polar antagonism as the novel achieves. Despite its philosophical underpinnings however, I found that I didn't really enjoy The Demon Headmaster as a story. The characters felt a little flat, and I couldn't work up any sense of excitement or suspense. This may be one of those titles that doesn't translate well for adults. http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1847546.html I enjoyed this children's story of sinister headmaster with supernatural powers planning to Take Over The World, a blended family, commentary on children's TV game shows, and knowing winks to Nineteen Eighty-four. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Iedereen op school speelt het laatste computerspel, maar niemand is handig genoeg om de computer te verslaan. Niemand. Totdat Dinah Hunter zich eraan zet. Maar Dinah ondervindt al snel dat ze niet meer kan stoppen. Erger nog, ze vergeet uiteindelijk wie ze is als ze in de ogen kijkt van de Octopus-s-s-s. Dinah ontdekt dan dat het demonische schoolhoofd het plan heeft opgevat de premier te hypnotiseren, om zo het land te kunnen controleren. Kunnen Lloyd, Harvey en de rest van de groep Dinah redden, het Octopus-complot ontmaskeren en de wraak van het demonische schoolhoofd ontlopen? Het heerlijke vervolg op 'Het demonische schoolhoofd'. (Bron: covertekst) Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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A fun story with equally fun characters and a plot that would keep even reluctant young readers engaged. I'd definitely recommend this one to all sorts of kiddos. ( )