The Witch's Daughter (Puffin Books) - Softcover

Bawden, Nina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014030407X ISBN 13: 9780140304077

Publisher: Puffin, 1973

Synopsis

Bawden, Nina. The Witch's Daughter. Drawings by Shirley Hughes. Middlesex, Penguin, 1973. 11 x 18cm. 159 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, including crease to front jacket. [A Puffin Book]. On the Scottish island of Skua, friendship develops between the lonely and mysterious Perdita and a blind girl, Janey. Both possess a kind of second sight - Janey's is the ability to hear, feel and remember more than others, and Perdita's is the ominous legacy of her being a witch's daughter. When Janey's brother, Tom, starts investigating a cluster of mysterious events and suspicious characters, all three become entwined in an adventure of hidden jewels, desperate criminals and dangerous detection. Written in 1963, The Witch's Daughter showcases Nina Bawden's innate regard for the integrity of her young characters. As she has said: I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. [Penguin]

About this title

About the Author:

Nina Bawden was one of the UK's best writers for both adults and children. She often used her own childhood experiences in her books - Carrie's War is set in the mining valley in Wales where she lived as an evacuee in wartime. She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford and finished her first novel the year after she took her degree. She won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction for The Peppermint Pig.
Nina died in 2012, aged 87.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 014030407X
• ISBN 13: 9780140304077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160