Linda Newbery, Author . Knopf/Fickling $15.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-75011-0
A pitch-perfect tale of contemporary teenage life intertwines with an overly dramatic if occasionally moving account of a privileged youth's literally life-changing experiences in the First World War. The modern-day story centers on Greg, who,...
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Linda Newbery, Author . Random/Fickling $15.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-385-75026-4
Set in contemporary England, Newbery's (The Shell House
) complicated novel deals with such big topics as racism, Alzheimer's disease, adultery and the Kindertransports of WWII. Disabled by Alzheimer's disease, Hilly's grandmother...
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Linda Newbery, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $6.50 (
, $6.50 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-23786-0
, $6.50 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-23786-0
"A pitch-perfect tale of contemporary teenage life intertwines with an overly dramatic if moving account of a privileged youth's literally life-changing experiences in the First World War," PW
said. Ages 12-16. (Apr.)
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Linda Newbery, Author . Random/Fickling $15.99 (152p) ISBN 978-0-385-75113-1
An air of mystery wafts through Newbery's (Sisterland
) quietly suspenseful novel. Henry isn't sure how he will fit in now that his family has moved from London to a small village in rural Suffolk. On his first night in the family's new...
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Linda Newbery, Author . Random/Fickling $15.99 (194p) ISBN 978-0-375-84574-1
Matt Lanchester, newly transplanted to a small Welsh town, is out biking when he imagines a near-collision with a car, only to land next to a roadside memorial to a boy with his own initials. Matt begins to experience the dead boy’s ghostly...
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Linda Newbery, Author . Random/Fickling $15.99 (241p) ISBN 978-0-385-75203-9
Set in an English village, this novel has the feel of an earlier time (it was first published in the U.K. in 1999). Charlie has just moved with her mother, Kathy, to a neglected 150-year-old country cottage, Flightsend, where they hope for a new...
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Linda Newbery, Author David Fickling Books $16.95 (357p) ISBN 978-0-385-75102-5
Newbery's (Sisterland) absorbing, haunting mystery set in Victorian England explores the dark secrets found among the wealthy. Fourwinds, the beautiful and architecturally impressive estate belonging to the recently widowed Ernest Farrow, holds a...
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Linda Newbery, illus. by Pam Smy, Random/Fickling, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-75204-6
Legend, fable, poetry, and subtle b&w illustrations are deftly interwoven in this story of a sensitive girl who has a close rapport with her grandfather. Lucy has the rare ability to see Lob, Grandpa's amorphous, free-spirited helper. When this...
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