Humbug - Hardcover

Bawden, Nina

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395621496 ISBN 13: 9780395621493

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1992

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With her parents in Tokyo and her grandmother laid up with a broken leg, Cora is sent to stay at the house of a neighbor, but the visit turns into a nightmare when the neighbor's daughter accuses Cora of stealing.

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About the Author:

Nina Bawden is foremost among twentieth-century writers of fiction for children. A reviewer in Publishers Weekly wrote: "I'll come right out and say it. For my money, Miss Bawden can so no wrong. Her stories area a perfect blend of humor and suspense, and that's a blend difficult to achieve." Ms. Bawden was born in London, England, and lived there until she was evacuated with her school during the Blitz in World War II. She later attended Somerville College, Oxford. She and her husband, Austin Kark, live in London, except in the spring and summer, when they go to their home in Nauplion, Greece.

Synopsis:

When eight-year-old Cora is sent to stay next door with the seemingly pleasant woman called Aunt Sunday, she is tormented by Aunt Sunday's mean-spirited, deceitful daughter, but finds an ally in Aunt Sunday's elderly mother.

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