Nina Bawden, Author Clarion Books $15 (176p) ISBN 978-0-395-66972-3
At his grandfather's funeral in a Greek village, half-Greek and half-Welsh London-bred teenager Plato Jones becomes aware of the WW II-era conflict that soured the relations between his two sets of grandparents. As the story progresses, Plato pieces
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Nina Bawden, Author Clarion Books $16 (192p) ISBN 978-0-395-77604-9
""Other people's grandmothers are soft and powdery and gentle and kind. But my granny is a Pag,"" says Cat (short for Catriona), the narrator of this quirky family drama. A Pag is ""someone who can make things happen,"" and Cat's grandmother is the...
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Nina Bawden, Author Clarion Books $15 (144p) ISBN 978-0-395-62149-3
A victim of adult convenience, eight-year-old Cora is temporarily boarded with a very unpleasant girl named Angelica and her equally disagreeable mother, ``Aunt Sunday.'' The only saving grace is the bond she forms with another unhappy boarder,...
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Nina Bawden, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-14-037947-1
A boy searches for answers to secrets from the past. ""Bawden's trademark thoughtfulness takes on a suspenseful edge, thanks to the intelligent plot, crisp pacing and precise dialogue,"" said PW. Ages 10-14. (Nov.)
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Nina Bawden, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-14-038447-5
Cat's granny, a leather-wearing, motorcycle-riding, chain-smoking psychiatrist, has raised Cat since she was little. But will Cat's TV-star parents take her away? ""Bawden maintains a light touch throughout, though never at the expense of...
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Nina Bawden, Author Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $12.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-688-08965-8
Even though her friend Plato calls them both ``outside children'' (children on the ``outside'' of a family, looking in), 13-year-old Jane has been quite happy living with her two eccentric aunts, and seeing her father when his ship is in port. But...
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Nina Bawden, Author St. Martin's Press $17.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-312-06351-1
Bawden's second novel (after Circles of Deceit ) is pervaded by an acute sense of menace. Its frightened protagonist, Fanny Pye, is a London widow suffering from partial amnesia and agoraphobia after witnessing a violent crime. Strolling home from a
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Nina Bawden, Author Little, Brown Young Readers $13 (224p) ISBN 978-1-85381-444-0
. A day in the life of Laura, a 40-year-old English novelist. (Oct.)
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Nina Bawden, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-14-036586-3
Two novels from a British writer are both poignant and chilling, with spot-on characterizations. Ages 8-12. (Feb.)
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Nina Bawden, Author, S. November, Editor Puffin Books $5.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-14-131100-5
A divided America in the year 2040 is the setting for this novel filled with ""imaginative details,"" said PW. ""For sci-fi buffs not yet ready to tackle Orwell's 1984, Bawden here introduces many of the same provocative issues for middle readers.""
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Nina Bawden, Author, Joyce Powzyk, Illustrator Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $15 (119p) ISBN 978-0-688-07894-2
The author of Carrie's War and Kept in the Dark, among other books, recounts a story based on real events. A red squirrel is adopted by Bawden's small brother Charlie and her mother during World War II while her father is away and the family is...
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