by Janni Howker · Walker Childrens Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781406301304
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«Badger on the Barge» is a collection of short stories by Janni Howker, published by Walker Childrens Paperbacks in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Set in the north-west of England, these stories feature unforgettable characters: the rebellious Miss Brady, who lives with a badger on a barge; the old shepherd Reicker; Sally Beck, a topiary gardener with an extraordinary past; the solitary Egg Man; proudly independent Jakey; and the young people whose lives change when they meet them.
The work appeared in 1985 as Badger on the Barge and Other Stories; «The Egg Man» won the Tom-Gallon Trust Award and the collection received the IRA Children's and Young Adult's Book Award.
For teenage and young adult readers looking for realistic stories about eccentric characters and encounters between different generations.
Janni Howker is a British writer of adult and children's fiction who has adapted her own books for the screen. She has worked across the UK running creative writing workshops for adults and children, and is involved in several arts development programmes.
