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Rachel Anderson

 

Children's Fiction

  • Red Moon (Hodder, 2006) Buy Now

  • This Strange New Life (OUP, 2006) Buy Now

  • Bloom of Youth (Hodder, 2006) Buy Now

  • Grandmother's Footsteps (Hodder, 2006) Buy Now

  • Stronger than Mountains (Hodder, 2006) Buy Now

  • The Poacher’s Son (Barn Owl, 2005) Buy Now

  • Hugo and the Long Red Arm (A&C Black, 2004) Buy Now

  • Pizza on Saturday (Hodder, 2004) Buy Now

  • The Rattletrap Trip (OUP, 2003) Buy Now

  • Hello Peanut (Hodder, 2003) Buy Now

  • Paper Faces (OUP, 2002) Buy Now

  • Warlands (OUP, 2001) Buy Now  Buy Now

  • The Flight of the Emu (Hodder, 2001)

  • The War Orphan (OUP, 2000) Buy Now

  • The Scavenger’s Tale (OUP, 2000) Buy Now

  • Joe’s Story (Barrington Stoke, 2000)

  • Blackthorn, Whitethorn (Hodder, 1999)

  • Ollie and the Trainers (Mammoth, 1999)

  • Big Ben (Mammoth, (Mammoth, 1998)

  • Carly’s Luck (Mammoth, 1997)

  • Letters from Heaven (Mammoth, 1996)

  • Princess Jazz and the Angels (Mammoth, 1995)

  • The Dolls House (OUP, 1995)

  • Black Water (OUP, 1994)

  • Jessy and the Bridesmaid's Dress (Young Lions, 1994)

  • The Working Class (OUP, 1993)

  • The Bus People, (OUP, 1993)

  • Best Friends (Young Lions, 1992) Buy Now

  • Treasures for Cousin Crystal (Young Lions, l992)

  • Happy Christmas Little Angel (OUP, 1991)

  • Jessy Runs away (Young Lions, 1990) Buy Now

  • Julie and the Queen of Tonga (A&C Black, 1990) Buy Now

  • Tough as Old Boots (Heinemann, 1988)

  • French Lessons, (OUP, l988)

  • Tim Walks (COI, 1985)

  • Little Angel Comes to Stay (OUP, 1984) Buy Now

  • Moffatt’s Road (Cape, 1978)

Literary Fiction

  • Pineapple (Cape, l965)

Non-fiction (General)

  • For the Love of Sang (Lion, 1990)

  • Dream Lovers (Hodder, l978)

Non-Fiction (Literary Studies)

  • The Purple Heart Throbs, the Sub-Literature of Love (Hodder, 1974)

Translation (Fiction)

  • Little Fox Lost (OUP, 1991)

  • The Cat’s Tale (OUP, 1989)

  • Wild Goose Chase (OUP, 1987)

  • Renard the Fox (with David Bradby), (OUP, l986)

Biography


Born in l943 at Hampton Court, Rachel Anderson worked in radio, newspaper and magazine journalism for 20 years. Her first books were for adults. Later, she graduated to writing for younger readers. Many of her stories are for or about children challenged by their learning difficulties, an involvement provoked by the handicap of one of her sons. She has contributed numerous short stories to anthologies and collections. She is married to David Bradby, a theatre studies prof. at London University. They have a diversity of children and grandchildren.

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