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Antonia Forest fans?

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Chocaholica · 14/12/2010 20:57

I am having something of a nostalgia fest and rereading childhood favourite books... Anyway I have just reread three of the Marlow twins series: Autumn Term, End of Term and Attic Term, which are the only ones I owned as a child (and have recuperated from my parents' loft). I never read Cricket Term... and it's not easy to find it again now... so could anyone tell me: how does Marie Dobson die in Cricket Term? and what else have I missed in that novel?

I love the other books in the series. My copy of Autumn Term is seriously battered....

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evenkeel · 15/12/2010 12:52

They are really hard to find, and expensive. I've just completed my set with 'The Marlows and the Traitor', which is the most elusive one....won't say how much it cost, but it was a present from dh and was, ahem, a lot. Keep an eye on ebay, though, because various titles do come up there - I got 'Peter's Room' at a surprisingly low price fairly recently.
Abe Books is another good source. Unfortunately you do have to bit the bullet and pay up, though, if you really lust after owning them Xmas Sad

AllarmBelly · 15/12/2010 12:39

I love Antonia Forest, read the school ones as a child but can only find Attic Term now. If anyone knows a source do let me know!

MissCromwell · 15/12/2010 12:38

Cricket Term is the best IMO - so do you really want to know or what happens or shouldn't you read it? Marie's death and her contemporaries' reactions is beautifully done by the way.

I will tell you if you really want to know.

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