Books by Lucy Boston
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Tolly, a shy 8-year-old, goes to visit his great-grandmother at her house, Green Knowe, and discovers that there are other children playing there.
Classic, Magic
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Granny Oldknow is making patchwork quilts out of materials from the inhabitants of GK in the 19th century: blind Susan, Jacob her black servant, Sefton, Caxton, Maria, Captain Oldknow and the Grandmother.
Classic, Magic
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Ping and Tolly are both staying at Green Knowe when the dislikeable Dr Melanie Powers comes, looking for books of magic left behind by the 16th-century Dr Vogel.
Classic, Magic
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
A mediaeval boy living at Green Knowe discovers that by going to the stones behind the house, he can meet the people who have lived and will live in the house.
Classic, Historical, Magic, Spooky
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Ping, the young refugee who stayed with two friends at Green Knowe in "The River.
The opening section, describing Hanno's childhood in the jungle is descriptive and moving. While the book is clearly aimed at the younger reader, the issues involved are not to be dealt with lightly: the author describes the loneliness of the caged animal, tempering this with the friendship of the zookeeper. Ping is forced into stealing to keep the creature fed.
Classic, Magic