Keeping Henry by Nina Bawden - ISBN: 9780349009193
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Tiny squirrel, blitz family: Can Henry bring them joy?

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    160 pages

  • Release Date

    8 August 2017

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Summary

The hay stirred. There was a small nibbling sound. A furry head poked out. I saw its dark, beady eyes, its sharp, pointed ears … his eyes seemed alert and inquisitive, as if he were as interested in us as we were in him.

Henry is only three inches long when naughty Charlie catapults him out of his nest - a poor baby red squirrel, all ragged and skinny. He is too young to survive being released into the wild, but can a squirrel be a pet?

Henry’s new human family has also had to…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349009193
ISBN-10:0349009198
Author:Nina Bawden, Alan Marks
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:8 August 2017
Weight:150g
Dimensions:196mm x 134mm x 13mm
Series:Virago Modern Classics
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Critics Review

A subtle and many-layered story, one of Nina Bawden’s best

A subtle and many-layered story, one of Nina Bawden’s best - Observer

About The Author

Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain’s most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children (Peppermint Pig and Carrie’s War being among her most famous books for young people). She published over forty novels and an autobiography, In My Own Time. She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Bloom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime’s Contribution to Literature.

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