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Post by lenityg on Jul 10, 2007 22:46:28 GMT
There are various books I remember that when I mention them to people they think I am barmy and making it up!
A couple are
Little Grey Men by BB. My mum used to read this to us when we were little but I can't find anyone who has read it
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (sp) set in Alderly Edge again a book my mum read to me when I was 11 and in hospital
And a book called I think the discovery of Mr Nobody which was about a guy who I seem to remember was blind who met some children who had lost their father in the war and he looked out for them and the family but they never introduced him to their mother until the end of the book when they brought him back and discovered the truth. I seem to remember it having a Christian lean to it.
Has anyone here heard of these books and do any of you have the same problem with regards to books you remember and no one else does?
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Post by Kelly Sigh on Jul 12, 2007 13:18:32 GMT
Not heard of any of those, but being local-ish, I thought I'd look up the Alderley one.
You can get it from Amazon
*clicky*
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Post by lindasahandir on Jul 12, 2007 18:32:44 GMT
I've heard of, but never read, Little Grey Men.
I don't think I've read the Weirdstone of Brisingamen, but I do remember reading The Owl Service, also by Alan Garner, and very scary!
But I can't say I've heard of the third one. Sorry.
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Post by Admin on Jul 12, 2007 19:42:58 GMT
I read al of Alan Garner's childrens' books when I was a much smaller chap. Excellent stories. Don't know the others.
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Post by faeryboots on Jul 13, 2007 8:23:44 GMT
I read all the Alan Garner books too. The Owl Service was based on a Welsh myth from the Mabinogian. Worth reading if you have the time, explains everything behind the flowers/owls theme in The Owl Service. I've also read (many years ago) The little grey men. Haven't heard of the other one though.
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Post by Norma Leigh Lucid on Jul 22, 2007 12:49:50 GMT
I read The little grey men and The Brisingamen when I was a little girl. I haven't heard of the discovery of Mr Nobody though.
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Post by Stewpidd on Jul 22, 2007 13:01:57 GMT
Don't forget the companion volume to Wierdstone of Brisingamen. The Moon of Gomrath.
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Post by Dibley on Jul 22, 2007 15:07:58 GMT
I saw the title of this post and it reminded me of the book I had to study for my GCE. it was 'Sard Harker' by the then Poet Laureate. I hated the book and have never heard of it since then and never found anyone who had.
After seeing this post, I went on Google and discovered that it was published in 1926 and first edition hardbacks are selling for the princely sum of £3:00!!!
I quote: The book begins: Santa Barbara lies far to leeward, with a coast facing to the north and east. It is the richest of the sugar countries. Plantations cover all the lowland along its seven hundred miles of seaboard, then above the lowland is foothill, covered with forest, rising to the Sierras of the Three Kings, which make the country's frontier. The city of Santa Barbara lies at the angle of the coast in the bight of a bay. The old town covers the southern, the new town the northern, horn of the bay: in between are the docks and quays.
After reading this I was transported back to my 5th year classroom and the same feeling of boredom set in!!!
Just thought I'd share this with you all (Sorry, Lenityg, didn't mean to take over your thread!)
Dibs xx
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Post by lenityg on Jul 22, 2007 17:06:30 GMT
Thats alright Dibs pleased its not just me who has read books nobody else has heard of. Incidentally anyone heard of a Christian childrens book called Jonothan Day meets Jesus.
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Post by Stewpidd on Jul 22, 2007 22:43:12 GMT
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