The Girl from Hard Times Hill

By Emma Barnes

When Megan's father finally returns from Occupied Germany in the years following World War II, she should be pleased – shouldn't she? But she hardly knows her father, and his arrival means moving out of Nana's house into the city. Megan hates the changes to her life, yet when she has the opportunity to be the first member of her working-class family to go to Grammar School, it is her dad who is behind her all the way. Can Megan adapt to her new life, and take advantage of a changing Britain?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jun 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781472904447

Emma Barnes

Emma Barnes is a fantastically talented new star in children's publishing. This is her third children's book, her first being 'Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher' for which she was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, an award for a first-time novelist, and she has recently been awarded an Arts Council Award. She has also written the highly acclaimed 'Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star'. Emma lives in Yorkshire. Tim Archbold has illustrated, amongst many other books. 'Jessica Haggerthwaite' and also a picture book, 'Be Good Gordon'. Tim lives in Scotland.

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