Mister Pip

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' You cannot pretend to read a book Your eyes will give you away So will your breathing A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe The house can catch alight & a reader deep in a book will not look up until the wallpaper is in flames' Bougainville 1991 A small village on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific Eighty-six days have passed since Matilda's last day of school as quietly war is encroaching from the other end of the island When the villagers' safe predictable lives come to a halt Bougainville's children are surprised to find the island's only white man a recluse re-opening the school Pop Eye aka Mr Watts explains he will introduce the children to Mr Dickens Matilda & the others think a foreigner is coming to the island & prepare a list of much needed items They are shocked to discover their acquaintance with Mr Dickens will be through Mr Watts' inspiring reading of Great Expectations But on an island at war the power of fiction has dangerous consequences Imagination & beliefs are challenged by guns Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival by story; a dazzling piece of writing that lives long in the mind after the last page is finished