by Henrietta Branford · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780198328599
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«Fire, Bed and Bone» is the historical young adult novel by Henrietta Branford, published by Oxford University Press España in paperback, 144 pages, in English.
The story is set in England in 1381, when the Peasants' Revolt is about to erupt. Narrated by a hunting dog, the novel shows the changes threatening the family that shelters her and blends loyalty, nature and danger with a central episode of British history.
It is part of the Rollercoasters collection from Oxford University Press. The work was originally published in 1997 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Recommended for students of English as a foreign language and for readers interested in history and adventure.
Henrietta Diana Primrose Longstaff Branford was an English author of children's books. Her greatest success was Fire, Bed and Bone (1997), a historical novel set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381. For that she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a highly commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.
