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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Author: Linda Newbery
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 7-9
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.