Granny Was a Buffer Girl

Granny Was a Buffer Girl
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Domestic fiction
ISBN: 9781846470240

Eighteen-year-old Jess is leaving for college--and she'd like to leave her family behind. But when the family gathers to bid Jess farewell, they begin to tell stories. And each story binds them closer to Jess's heart. A novel which celebrates the continuity of life and the importance of family, sure to appeal to a wide audience.

Dear Nobody

Dear Nobody
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1994-05-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0688127649

Eighteen-year-old Chris struggles to deal with two shocks that have changed his life, his meeting the mother who left him and his father when he was ten and his discovery that he has gotten his girlfriend pregnant.

Holly Starcross

Holly Starcross
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher: Andersen Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781842709306

Fourteen-year-old Holly Starcross knows two lives: six years with Dad and Mum; then eight years with a divorced family. Maybe happiness is in the stars, but first Holly must make some wrenching choices. This is thoughtful and introspective coming-of-age fiction that hits home and heart.

Street Child

Street Child
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0007311257

Unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.

Daughter of the Sea

Daughter of the Sea
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2013-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1849397996

The only life Gioga has ever known is that of a fisherman's daughter on remote Hamna Voe. But as a baby she was a gift of the sea to childless Munroe and Jannet, and now the Lord of the Oceans wants her back. Torn between her love for her adopted parents and her strange attraction to the seal people, which will she choose - the sea or the land? From the traditional folk-tale of the selkie, award-winning author Berlie Doherty has created her own lyrical and timeless story of a young girl's search for her true identity.

Tough Luck

Tough Luck
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 121
Release: 1989
Genre:
ISBN: 9780003300574

Joe Beads gets on well with his class 3B. However, he is having a problem getting through to Twagger, a sullen absentee. He's also worried about Nasim, just arrived from Pakistan feeling very friendless and very foreign. It's going to be a tricky year.

Tilly Mint Tales

Tilly Mint Tales
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1446405788

When Tilly's mum goes out to work, Mrs Hardcastle from up the street pops in to look after her. There are two special things about Mrs Hardcastle. The first thing is that she's always dropping off to sleep (she snores too, sometimes). The second special thing is that whenever she goes to sleep, something magic always seems to happen to Tilly Mint! Carnegie Medal winner Berlie Doherty's enchanting Tilly Mint tales are at last available in one complete collection with brand-new illustrations from Tony Ross.

Children of Winter

Children of Winter
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781915235787

A new edition of the much loved classic.Catherine and her family set out for her grandmother's house deep in the Derbyshire hills. Sheltering from a storm in an old cruck barn with her younger sister and brother, it becomes strangely familiar to her, and she is drawn back to a time when three children sheltered all winter away from a terrible plague that was devastating their village.Written by a master storyteller Children of Winter recreates the time when the tiny village of Eyam in Derbyshire cut itself off from the rest of England in 1666.Cover Art by Tamsin Rosewell.

Granny Was a Buffer Girl

Granny Was a Buffer Girl
Author: Berlie Doherty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-01-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781915235817

Before leaving Sheffield for a year's adventure in France, 18 year-old Jess joins a family gathering. They share stories that have bound them together through generations. Stories of heartbreak, humour and romance. She listens to the tale of her grandparents, whose love kept them together in spite of family conflicts; of her other granny Dorothy's daily toil from the dirt and grime of the buffing wheel; and of her parents' first meeting. And, of course, there's Jess's own story too.Granny was a Buffer Girl won the Carnegie Medal in 1986.Illustrated by Tamsin Rosewell.