Linnets and Valerians.

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Linnets and Valerians.

[1st American ed.]
  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 28 Want to read
  • 3 Have read

Left in the care of their strict grandmother, the four Linnet children find a much happier home with their Uncle Ambrose, his one-legged gardener, and the people of a small English village, where they help explain an old mystery and restore the joy of new friends.

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Publisher
Coward-McCann
Language
English
Pages
290

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Cover of: Linnets and Valerians
Linnets and Valerians
2001, Puffin Books
in English
Cover of: The Runaways
The Runaways
1996, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited
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Cover of: Linnets and Valerians.
Linnets and Valerians.
1964, Coward-McCann
in English - [1st American ed.]

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.G71 Lg2

The Physical Object

Pagination
290 p.
Number of pages
290

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5915398M
LCCN
64017997
OCLC/WorldCat
283559
Library Thing
51304

Work Description

The four Linnet children: Nan, Robert, Timothy and Betsy are sent to live with their strict grandmother while their father travels to Egypt. Locked away in separate rooms as punishment by their ruthless grandmother, the Linnets feel at once that their new life is unbearable—and decide to make their escape—out of the house, out of the garden and into the village. Commandeering a pony and trap, the children and their dog are led away as the pony makes his way nonchalantly home. The pony’s destination happens to be a house that belongs to their gruff but loveable uncle Ambrose. The kindly uncle Ambrose agrees to take them under his wing, he educates them and encourages them to explore Dartmoor, letting the children have free rein in his sprawling manor house and surrounding countryside.

Befriending the collection of house guests, including an owl, a giant cat, and a gardener, Ezra, who converses with bees, and getting to know the miscellaneous inhabitants of the village, the four siblings discover a life in which magic and reality are curiously intermingled and evil and tragedy lurk never far away. Then stumble upon the eccentric Lady Alicia Valerian, who seems to have lost her family. And then the real fun begins! The Linnets start their search for the missing Valerians. But the village is under a spell of the witch Emma Cobley. Can the children lift the spell and restore happiness to the villagers? Or will they be thwarted by evil Emma Cobley and her magic cat?

This charming story beautifully depicts early twentieth century English country life while conjuring an air of magical adventure. It is full of vivid characters, battles between good and evil and wonderful spell-binding moments.

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