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|author=Anna Smaill
|title=The Chimes
|rating=5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Writing is outlawed and no one remembers how to read. In fact memory itself is at a premium; people carry their memories around with them in their hands or any way they're able as each day their minds empty of so much. The world now answers to the music of The Chimes summoning all to daily observance. The music is all. It lays aural paths for navigation, identifies people like a musical signature – the music is everywhere. The music is what brings young Simon to London after the death of his parents. How did they die? Why is Simon here? Why is Lucien, one of his fellow River Thames mud larks so significant? Would Simon really want to know?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444794523</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mark Alder
|summary=As a child of the 80s I sometimes yearn for an era free from [[Aliens In Underpants Save The World by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort|Aliens in Underpants]] or rough [[The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson|Gruffalos]]. An era of Alan and Janet Ahlberg telling [[Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg|gentle stories]] that had an old fashioned feel, but were still great for the modern kid. Thankfully, I am not the only person out there that craves this as some books are still being produced that describe the simple pleasures such as riding the bus. However, I think that these kids have obviously never tried to catch the Number 9 at rush hour.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406337145</amazonuk>
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