Joan Lingard Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

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.