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Waiting (ηεΎ ) is a 1999 novel by Chinese-American author Ha Jin (ει) which won the National Book Award the same year. [1] It is based on a true story that Jin heard from his wife when they were visiting her family at an army hospital in China.
Five Go Off In A Caravan is the fifth book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton.The book includes a circus boy character named Nobby, whose name was changed to Ned when publisher Hodder Children's Books made extensive editorial revisions to the Famous Five series of books.
Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons, pronounced SIMM-ons; [1] 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British crime writer and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature.
His father used Julian as an inspiration for the character of Sweet Fern in his children's books A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys and Tanglewood Tales. [8] The Hawthorne family eventually lived in Concord, Massachusetts, at a home they called The Wayside. There, Julian attended a school run by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. The school was ...
That night, Julian and Dick set off with Timmy to find George. Jo secretly follows them. The boys eventually find George, but the three are then caught and locked in a room. Jo and Timmy rescue them and the crooks are locked up. The children return to Kirrin Cottage and tell their tale to Anne and Joanna.
In 1988, at just 12 years old, Martin Pistorius' health started to decline. He soon went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but now he's awake and telling an amazing story. Pistorius says while ...
Julian Russell Sturgis (21 October 1848 – 13 April 1904) was a British-American novelist, poet, librettist and lyricist. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford , Sturgis distinguished himself in Eton's sporting activities and rowed for Balliol for three years.
The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer John M. Ford.It won the 1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.This book, set in an alternate history, contains such plot elements as vampirism, the House of Medici, and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV and Richard III.