The Book of Euclid introduces new and emerging voices in short story and poetry. On the one hand, Jonathan Carr s The Dead Skipper and Nicola Warwick s The Moon on a String of Pearls grasp the immediacy of children s voices without condescension. On the other, the poems of Noel Williams are concerned not with rootedness, but with in pieces like Tying the kite and Last trip to Tynemouth . Along with >Patrick Riordan s title short story, this is a collection filled with interesting characters and humane humour.