Joan Lingard Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

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.

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.

Seb und Sam aus Edinburgh erzählen von sich und ihrer chaotischen Familie, in der alle wenig Geld, aber umso mehr Ideen haben.

Kevin und Sadie, der Katholik und die Protestantin aus nordirland, können auch im Ausland nicht in Frieden leben.

Die Edinburgher Geschwister Seb und Sam - aus einer völlig verrückten Familie - schlittern von einer Katastrophe in die nächste.

Calum ist alles andere als begeistert, als seine Mutter wieder heiraten möchte. Und dass mit dem Stiefvater auch noch eine Stiefschwester kommt, die dreizehnjährige Stella, hat ihm gerade noch gefehlt. Aber auch Stella will nicht unbedingt eine neue Familie

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.

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.

Das hat dem 14jährigen Calum gerade noch gefehlt: seine Mutter will wieder heiraten und eine Stiefschwester soll er auch noch bekommen.

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?

Efter faderens død bor 17-årige, irske Josie nu i en lille engelsk kystby. Hun engagerer sig politisk i kampen mod et atomkraftværk og kommer i konflikt både med myndighederne, sin fyr og familien

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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.

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 just want to be together, but it's not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together - not without dangerous consequences . . . The second of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books