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Keeping Henry
Nina Bawden
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Description for Keeping Henry
Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 126. .
'The hay stirred. There was a small nibbling sound. A furry head poked out. I saw its dark, beady eyes, its sharp, pointed ears ... his eyes seemed alert and inquisitive, as if he were as interested in us as we were in him' Henry is only three inches long when naughty Charlie catapults him out of his nest - a poor baby red squirrel, all ragged and skinny. He is too young to survive being released into the wild, but can a squirrel be a pet? Henry's new human family has also had ... Read more
'The hay stirred. There was a small nibbling sound. A furry head poked out. I saw its dark, beady eyes, its sharp, pointed ears ... his eyes seemed alert and inquisitive, as if he were as interested in us as we were in him' Henry is only three inches long when naughty Charlie catapults him out of his nest - a poor baby red squirrel, all ragged and skinny. He is too young to survive being released into the wild, but can a squirrel be a pet? Henry's new human family has also had ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349009193
SKU
V9780349009193
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About Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden (1925-2012) was one of Britain's best-loved writers for both adults and children. Several of her children's books - Carrie's War, a Phoenix Award winner;The Peppermint Pig, which won the Guardian Fiction Award; and Keeping Henry - have become contemporary classics. She wrote over forty novels, slightly more than half of which are for adults, and she was shortlisted ... Read more
Reviews for Keeping Henry
What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is
Michael Morpurgo A subtle and many-layered story, one of Nina Bawden's best
Observer
Michael Morpurgo A subtle and many-layered story, one of Nina Bawden's best
Observer