Kevin And Sadie Books In Order
- The Twelfth Day of July (1970)
- Across the Barricades (1972)
- Into Exile (1973)
- A Proper Place (1975)
- Hostages to Fortune (1976)
Maggie Books In Order
- The Clearance (1974)
- The Resettling (1975)
- The Pilgrimage (1976)
- The Reunion (1977)
Tilly Books In Order
- Tilly and the Wild Goats (2005)
- Tilly and the Badgers (2006)
Elfie and Joe Books In Order
- The Eleventh Orphan (2008)
- The Chancery Lane Conspiracy (2010)
- The Stolen Sister (2011)
Novels
- The Prevailing Wind (1964)
- The Tide Comes in (1966)
- The Headmaster (1967)
- Lord on Our Side (1970)
- Frying as Usual (1973)
- Snake Among the Sunflowers (1977)
- The Gooseberry (1978)
- Odd Girl Out (1978)
- The Second Flowering of Emily Mountjoy (1979)
- The File on Fraulein Berg (1980)
- Greenyards (1981)
- Strangers in the House (1981)
- Sisters by Rite (1984)
- The Winter Visitor (1984)
- Reasonable Doubts (1986)
- The Freedom Machine (1986)
- The Guilty Party (1987)
- Rags and Riches (1988)
- The Women’s House (1989)
- Tug of War (1989)
- Glad Rags (1990)
- Between Two Worlds (1991)
- Secrets (1991)
- Hands Off Our School! (1992)
- Clever Clive (1993)
- After Colette (1993)
- Nightfires (1993)
- Slow Flo (1994)
- Lizzie’s Leaving (1995)
- Dreams of Love and Modest Glory (1995)
- Sulky Suzy (1995)
- Dark Shadows (1998)
- A Secret Place (1998)
- Tom and the Tree House (1998)
- The Egg Thieves (1999)
- River Eyes (2000)
- Natasha’s Will (2000)
- Me and My Shadow (2001)
- Tortoise Trouble (2002)
- The Kiss (2002)
- Tell the Moon to Come Out (2003)
- Encarnita’s Journey (2005)
- The Sign of the Black Dagger (2005)
- After You’ve Gone (2007)
- What to Do About Holly (2009)
- What Holly Did (2012)
- Trouble on Cable Street (2014)
Picture Books
- Can You Find Sammy the Hamster? (1990)
- Morag and the Lamb (1990)
- The Same Only Different (2001)
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Joan Lingard Books Overview
Across the Barricades
Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but it’s not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together not without dangerous consequences…
This is the second of Joan Lingard’s ground breaking Kevin and Sadie books.
Into Exile
A sequel in a series about Catholic Kevin and Protestant Sadie who try to find a new life for themselves in London, away from the troubles of Belfast. The author presents an understanding of the strains of early marriage against the already sombre representation of their past life in Belfast.
The Pilgrimage
Maggie and James’ summer trip tells them more about themselves and each other than about the past they are trying to explore. Sequel to ‘The Resettling.’
Odd Girl Out
At five feet eleven inches tall, red haired Ellie Ferguson feels like the Odd Girl Out, particularly when she is with her friend Isadora and her string of boyfriends. Then she finds herself the Odd Girl Out when her mother acquires a new boyfriend. But for Ellie there are always dreams.
Strangers in the House
Fourteen year old Calum’s difficult adjustment to his mother’s remarriage, their move to Edinburgh, and his thirteen year old stepsister is further complicated by the breakup of his father’s second marriage.
Rags and Riches
Sam and Seb discover a coat with a silver lining in fact it is lined with a thousand pounds. The family business never runs as smoothly as it might. Money is always a problem in their family, whether it is the lack of it or knowing what to do with it when you find it.
The Egg Thieves
Lecky and Nora are determined to prevent egg thieves from robbing the osprey nest near their village. They build a hide and keep a close watch on anything suspicious in their village. They begin to suspect the local handyman, but spot the real culprits just in time.
Natasha’s Will
What’s the hook? A fast moving and intriguing novel from this award winning author. What are the themes? Mystery, imagination, families, generations and identity along with opportunities for cross curricular links: History the Russian Revolution and citizenship the displacement of refugees. Teaching points? Narrative device of switching between past and present provides opportunities for studying structure.
Tortoise Trouble
Robble loves his life in the country, and is appalled by the idea of moving to Edinburgh. With no space and no sun to bask in, his pet tortoise, Herman, will be equally perturbed by the change. The new house and school look grim, and the class bullies are quick to pick on him. At first, the only consolation is the time he spends with Herman in the back yard. But when his teacher asks the class to write about their pets, Robbie’s story about Herman, and recent reports of tortoise thefts, intrigue his classmates. With a few new friends, things are looking up. Then one afternoon, Herman goes missing. Perhaps he’s been the victim of a tortoise gang or is the culprit is closer to home?
The Kiss
An exquisite tale of artistic and sexual obsession based on the love story of Gwen John and Rodin. Cormac, born and brought up in Belfast, living now in Edinburgh with his wife and childres, is an art teacher, an admirer of Rodin and a sculptor himself. When he tries to transmit his enthusiasm for Rodin to his students he finds his words tend to fall on stony ground, except when it comes to Clarinda Bain. Fifteen years old, beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Clarinda is his keenest and most ardent student. On a school trip to Paris she becomes obsessed by the work and life of Gwen John, in particular by her affair with Rodin. She then begins to mirror this relationship by becoming obsessed herself with her own mentor, which throws Cormac’s life as a teacher and husband into confusion. Compelling and exquisitely written, The Kiss is a study of artistic and sexual obsession by a writer at the height of her powers.
Encarnita’s Journey
It is 1920 and the beautiful village of Yegen, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, awakens to a new year. The wild flowers, poppies, lavender, rosemary and thyme fill the air with their enchanting scent as the setting sun streaks vivid bands of pink and purple across the sky. For years Yegen’s small community has continued in its own quiet way, knowing little of the outside world. But the arrival of Gerald Brenan, the British writer, and his string of artistic and literary visitors, brings a new excitement to the sultry town. But Gerald is not the only new arrival; in a dusty stable a child is born. With her dark hair and wide, soot black eyes, the young Encarnita was as beautiful as she was serious. Growing up in Yegen, with the reflective Virginia Woolf, witty Lytton Strachey and other Bloomsbury group friends of Don Geraldo visiting the village regularly, Encarnita learned many stories. But after the passing of eighty years and many miles, there is still one tale left to tell Exquisitely written, Encarnita s Journey is a tale as beautiful as its Spanish setting, with touches of true insight into the lives of its literati cast and dark eyed hero*ine. Accompany Encarnita from Yegen to Scotland s bustling capital, and be filled with wonder every step of the way.
After You’ve Gone
Willa, a polite and respectable young woman, lives in a small Edinburgh flat with her baby and mother in law. Her husband, Tommy, a navy officer, is away on a year long world cruise with the Special Service Squadron. Struggling to cope with the tedium and oppression of life without him, Willa’s only escape is through the books she reads. Through regular visits to the library she meets a man with a mutual fascination, Richard Fitzwilliam. Richard, a charming and intelligent young writer, is an exciting new addition to Willa’s life. Frequent letters from Tommy fail to evoke the emotion that she now feels for Richard. As their relationship blossoms, Willa must endeavor to keep her new love a secret. Beautifully written and emotionally charged, ‘After You’ve Gone‘ is a fascinating account of a woman torn between a husband and another man in 1920s society.
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