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Linda Newbery

Linda Iris Newbery is a British writer known best for young adult fiction—where she entered the market, although she has broadened her range to encompass all ages. She published her first novel Run with the Hare in 1988, while still working as an English teacher in a comprehensive school.

Linda is a regular tutor for the Arvon Foundation and is a member of the Society of Authors and the Scattered Authors' Society.

Books

  • Barney the Boat Dog: Very Brave Dog

    Barney the Boat Dog: Very Brave Dog

    Author: Linda Newbery Illustrator: John Francis
    Publisher: Usborne
    Interest age: 4+
    Reading age: 6+

    One day Barney the dog gets left behind on land when his owner Jim sets off into a tunnel. He has to find a way back to Jim, which involves being very brave.

  • Flightsend

    Flightsend

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: David Fickling Books
    Interest age: 11+
    Reading age: 10+

    Could moving to a remote, ramshackle cottage in the middle of nowhere really mark the start of a new life and draw a line under the tragedy of recent months?

  • Lob

    Lob

    Author: Linda Newbery Illustrator: Pam Smy
    Publisher: David Fickling Books
    Interest age: 8+
    Reading age: 8+

    Lucy and her beloved grandfather enjoy gardening together, and Lucy becomes aware that she, like him, can sense-see a small figure who helps with the gardening.

  • Nevermore

    Nevermore

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: Orion Children's Books
    Interest age: 7+
    Reading age: 7+

    Tizzie's mum lands a job as cook at a big house, and Tizzie encounters a household with a hidden past who eagerly await the return of the absent owner and his daughter Greta.

  • Set in Stone

    Set in Stone

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: Random House
    Interest age: 12+
    Reading age: 11+

    In the closing years of the 19th Century Samuel Godwin, a promising young artist, is employed by Ernest Farrrow to tutor his two teenage daughters at the beautiful Fourwinds house.

  • Some Other War

    Some Other War

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: Catnip Publishing
    Interest age: 12-15
    Reading age: 12+

    Seventeen-year-old twins Alice and Jack work at the mansion of the Morland family - but when the First World War breaks out, their lives are changed completely.

  • The Brockenspectre

    The Brockenspectre

    Author: Linda Newbery Illustrator: Pam Smy
    Publisher: Random House
    Interest age: 7+
    Reading age: 8+

    Tomas sets out to find his father, terrified that the Brockenspectre - a mountain monster which his father had told him about - has got him.

  • The Shell House

    The Shell House

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: Random House
    Interest age: 13+
    Reading age: 12+

    Graveney Hall is a beautiful home that burned down during the First World War. It links the stories of Greg, a photography student, and Edmund, the Graveney family's last heir.

  • Tilly's Promise

    Tilly's Promise

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: Barrington Stoke
    Interest age: 11+
    Reading age: 8+

    A touching story by award-winning Linda Newbery about first love, loyalty and the horrors of war, written in dyslexia-friendly language.

  • Until We Win

    Until We Win

    Author: Linda Newbery
    Publisher: Barrington Stoke
    Interest age: 12-16
    Reading age: 7+

    This dyslexia friendly book looks at feminism and friendship, set against the looming backdrop of the First World War. Lizzy is a fantastic character, full of passion and wonderfully unafraid to stand up for herself after joining the Suffragettes.

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