Het werk van Joan Lingard duikt in de complexiteit van het tienerleven, waarbij thema's als identiteit, ergens bij horen en de uitdagingen van het opgroeien worden verkend. Haar verhalen zijn vaak geworteld in specifieke sociaal-historische contexten, wat haar verhalen authenticiteit en relevantie verleent. Lingard heeft een opmerkelijk vermogen om de authentieke stemmen en ervaringen van haar personages vast te leggen, waardoor lezers diepgaande inzichten krijgen in hun innerlijke wereld. Haar vaardigheid in het creëren van resonerende en gedenkwaardige figuren verstevigt haar status als een belangrijke auteur in de kinderliteratuur.
There was no denying that Sadie's mother, coming to see the new baby, would make things uncomfortable. Sometimes it looked as if they never would escape from their cramped, dingy rooms and find a proper place to bring up Brendan, but Sadie and Kevin had been through a lot together already.
Holly is going to spend two weeks in Edinburgh with her dad. He works on an oil rig in the Far East but is due back on leave.Her mum takes her to the station in Glasgow to put her on the train to Edinburgh, hoping to find a nice lady that Holly could travel with on the 45 minute journey. Then Holly spies someone she knows and waves to her. The woman is called Nina Nightingale and she writes books for children. She has just that afternoon given a talk to Holly's class. Holly's mum thinks that she would be an ideal person and, to Holly's horror, approaches her. Nina Nightingale does not like to refuse so they travel together, she and Holly, to Edinburgh, where a surprise awaits.
Continues the story of love born in the violence of Belfast. With Kevin out of a job and forced to leave the little cottage where he had settled with Sadie and the baby, the future looked bleak. Would Kevin find another job?
Reading is enjoyable, especially with texts that students can tackle independently at home. The literature packages make this possible, forming a solid foundation for a classroom library. This novel tells the story of two teenagers in Northern Ireland, Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin, highlighting their upbringing and the political-religious conflict in the country.
Mr and Mrs Bigsby of the Pig and Whistle, Stoke Newington already look after ten children. When Constable O'Dowd brings her an 11th orphan he found on the streets, Ma Bigsby is reluctant to take her. But there's something about Elfie, it's the first day of a new century and Ma loves a mystery.
This is one of Joan Lingard's hauntingly powerful Kevin and Sadie novels which set young love against the backdrop of the Irish troubles.
Kevin and Sadie want to be together but they live in Belfast where it is dangerous for a Catholic boy and Protestant girl to go out together - The second in the series.
This is the story of 14-year-old twins, Astra and Hugo Petersons, who, with their family, are forced to leave their home in Latvia, fleeing from the advancing Russian army as the Baltic states are torn apart.
The Petersons family escaped to Canada in time to avoid WWII--but will they ever find freedom? The sequel to the highly acclaimed Tug of War. "Lingard builds an authentic picture of immigrants starting over. . . . Solid and interesting".--Kirkus Reviews.
