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1	Across the Barricades more books like this by Joan Lingard 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...This is the second of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Hostages to fortune more books like this by Joan Lingard 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? see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
3	Twelfth day of July more books like this by Joan Lingard Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic - and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare - kids fooling around - but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin's life forever. But will the world around them change too? This is the first of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Kiss more books like this by Joan Lingard When Cormac, an Edinburgh-based art teacher and sculptor, tries to transmit his passion for Rodin to his pupils he finds his words tend to fall on stony ground. There is one exception: fifteen years old, beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Clarinda Bain is his keenest and most ardent student. On a school trip to Paris she becomes obsessed by the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.34!
5	Encarnitas Journey more books like this by Joan Lingard The renowned children's author successfully turns her hand to adult literary fiction. It is 1920 and the beautiful village of Yegen, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, awakens to a new year. The wild flowers, poppies, lavender, rosemary and thyme fill the air with their enchanting scent as the setting sun streaks vivid bands of pink and purple ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
6	Tug of War more books like this by Joan Lingard Forced to flee Latvia with their family in 1944, twins Astra and Hugo journey to Germany in carts, on foot and by boat. But at a crowded station, Hugo is injured and separated from his family. In their subsequent search for each other, Hugo and Astra fear for each other's safety. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Natasha's will more books like this by Joan Lingard Natasha's story is set agains the background of the Russian Revolution as she and her family flee persecution. Her story is linked with the present as her heirs search for her will. The will can only be found through a trail of literary clues from classic children's books. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.33!
8	Lizzie's leaving more books like this by Joan Lingard Lizzie's parents were teenagers when her mother became pregnant, and her father didn't want the responsibility of a small baby. Growing up with her mum and new family, she decides to go and stay with her real father when things get difficult, only to be used as a babysitter for her new step-sister. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.07! \| first editions
9	Odd girl out more books like this by Joan Lingard At five feet eleven inches tall, red-haired Ellie Ferguson feels like the odd girl out, particularly when she is with her friend Isadora and her string of boyfriends. Then she finds herself the odd girl out when her mother acquires a new boyfriend. But for Ellie there are always dreams. see all copies from $2.17! first editions \| SVS
10	Snake among the sunflowers more books like this by Joan Lingard As the three young members of the Grant family investigate the mysterious sunflower house near their grandfather's farm in southwest France, they uncover a well-kept family secret. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	Strangers in the house more books like this by Joan Lingard Stella and Calum struggle to adapt to their new life when his mother and her father re-marry and they become one family. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	The Clearance more books like this by Joan Lingard One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Maggie McKinley, a lively and enterprising Glasgow teenager, finds both excitement and romance when she goes to stay with her grandmother in a remote Scottish glen. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	Between Two Worlds more books like this by Joan Longard, Joan Lingard 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. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
14	Pilgrimage more books like this by Joan Lingard Maggie and James' summer trip tells them more about themselves and each other than about the past they are trying to explore. Sequel to "The Resettling." see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Into exile more books like this by Joan Lingard Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin have married and "escaped" to London - but will they ever really be free of Belfast and its troubles? In this third book about Sadie and Kevin, Joan Lingard has added an understanding of the strains of marriage to the sombre representation of life in Belfast. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.50! \| first editions
16	Reunion more books like this by Joan Lingard Maggie goes to Toronto looking forward to a reunion with Phil but finds that nothing is as she expected it to be. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17	Sisters by rite by Joan Lingard see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	Proper place more books like this by Joan Lingard 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. see all copies from $4.80! new only from $15.49! \| first editions
19 view cover	After Colette more books like this by Joan Lingard Amy Balfour looks remarkably like the writer Colette and as a performer she has played Colette in one-woman shows all over the world. She vanishes one day in a taxi, and her cousin, the narrator of the novel, sets out to trace her. In doing so, she reveals how patterns of life are repeated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
20	File on Fraulein Ber more books like this by Joan Lingard In Northern Ireland in 1944 three girls collect data on the activities of their German instructor who they suspect is a Nazi spy. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Morag and the lamb. more books like this by Joan Lingard, Patricia Casey see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.20!
22 view cover	After You've Gone more books like this by Joan Lingard Willa, a polite and respectable young woman, lives in a small Edinburgh flat with her baby and mother-in-law. Her husband, Tommy, a navy officer, is away on a year-long world cruise with the Special Service Squadron. Struggling to cope with the tedium and oppression of life without him, Willa's only escape is through the books she reads. Through ... see all copies from $18.54! new only from $18.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Between two worlds more books like this by Joan Lingard Continues the story of the Petersons family, first met with in "Tug of War". After fleeing from the advancing Russian army and leaving their family home in Latvia forever, the Petersons arrive as "displaced persons" in Toronto, Canada, in 1948. But their problems are not over. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
24	Between Two Worlds: 9 more books like this by Joan Lingard Arriving in their new homeland, Canada, after World War II, a family of Latvian refugees is beset by serious illness and financial hardship, and the three children must go out and find jobs. Sequel to "Tug of War". see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	Dreams of Love and Modest Glory more books like this by Lingard This novel is set in three different cities across the world - Aberdeen, Riga and St Petersburg. Lily and Garnet McKenzie are twins, both of them good Scottish girls. One marries a Russian, the other a Latvian. But this is 1913, and their married lives will be played out against world conflict. see all copies from $2.65! first editions

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