Talk:The Other Side of Truth

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1. Does the image show a first edition, later whatchamacallit with medal seal? (By the way, {WP Novels} above flags need for a first ed. cover.)

2. Is this a paperback original? WorldCat, which does not identify binding, confirms the pages and isbn fields. I have moved "paperback" up to media_type.

3. Is it followed by Web of Lies as a sequel (inclg "prequel")? If so, this article should cover that in prose. If not, the infobox should not name that work.

One WorldCat library record (next section) states "Sequel: Web of lies". --P64 (talk) 18:55, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

--P64 (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

US edition

Some library catalog records provide publication dates, some copyright dates, which is certain to be a stumbling block for editors. For example see these three WorldCat and LCCatalog records for the first US edition of this book. (All three give ISBN 0060296283; the second and third also provide ISBN-10 0060296291 which LCC labels library binding.)

The Other Side of Truth in libraries (WorldCat catalog) -- (c) 2000
The Other Side of Truth in libraries (WorldCat catalog) -- 2001
http://lccn.loc.gov/00054112 LCCatalog -- 2001

The first is ~~now one External link,~~ deleted
the third is ~~hidden in infobox code.~~ included in ref name=LCC
The second, which I found while composing this note, ~~does not appear in the article or its code.~~ is now one External link. It includes useful info: "Elementary and junior high school, Fiction" and "Sequel: Web of lies."

That LCCatalog record now in References (explicitly used only as source for the infobox LCCN) is for the UK edition. Having visited dozens of Carnegie Medal books in this catalog, I know it's common that LCC holds a copy of the first edition, as here, and common that it does not.

--P64 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Updated by ~~strikeout deletions~~ and italic additions.

The last paragraph is strictly irrelevant but may be educational?

The only substantial difference in replacing the poor/first with the good/second {worldcat} External link is the change from "Young adult fiction" to "Elementary and junior high school, Fiction".

Naidoo's webpage quotes the Sunday Telegraph: "an engrossing and thought-provoking read for 10-years-olds plus". The article consistently calls it "children's".

--P64 (talk) 01:28, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sequel The Web of Lies

Probably we should include a section on the sequel. That is routine (at least for children's books of this quality) where we have an article on one book in a series.

Here are nearly-complete references for a contemporary review and a national library catalog record of the U.S. edition (HarperCollins Amistad, 2006).

"WEB OF LIES by Beverly Naidoo". Kirkus Reviews 15 April 2006.
"Web of lies" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. —"Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain by the Penguin Group, 2004"--T.p. verso. Sequel to: The other side of truth."

--P64 (talk) 18:55, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]