Bernard Ashley (author)
British children's writer
Bernard John Ashley (born April 1935)[1] is a British writer of books for children and teenagers. His first book, The Trouble with Donovan Croft, which was published in 1974, won "The Other Award", an alternative to the Carnegie Medal.[2] A Kind of Wild Justice (1978), Running Scared (1986), and Little Soldier (1999) were runners up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book.[3][a]
Bernard Ashley | |
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| Born | Bernard John Ashley April 1935 (age 89) Woolwich, London, U.K. |
| Occupation | Teacher and author of children's books |
| Language | English |
| Education | Trained as a teacher at Trent Park College of Education |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
| Website | |
| bernardashley | |
Selected works
change- The Men and the Boats: Britain's Lifeboat Service (London: Allman, 1968) – ISBN 0-204-79372-6[4]
- Dave (1971)
- The Trouble with Donovan Croft (1974) – ISBN 978-0-19-275556-8 or ISBN 0-19-271888-6
- Terry on the Fence (1975)
- All My Men (1977)
- A Kind of Wild Justice (1978) – ISBN 0-19-271889-4[2]
- Break in the Sun (1980)
- Dinner Ladies Don't Count (1981) – ISBN 0-14-031593-4
- I'm Trying to Tell You (1981) – ISBN 1-903285-99-2
- Dodgem (1981)
- Linda's Lie (1982)
- High Pavement Blues (1983)
- Your Guess Is As Good As Mine (1983) – ISBN 1-903015-04-9
- A Bit of Give and Take (1984)
- Janey (1985)
- Running Scared (1986)
- Clipper Street: Calling for Sam (1987)
- Clipper Street: Taller Than Before (1987)
- Bad Blood (1988)
- Clipper Street: Down-and-Out (1988)
- Clipper Street: The Royal Visit (1988)
- Clipper Street: All I Ever Ask (1989)
- Clipper Street: Sally Cinderella (1989)
- The Secret of Theodore Brown (1989)
- The Caretaker's Cat (1990)
- Country Boy (1990)
- Chrysalis (1990)
- Getting In (1990)
- The Ghost of Dockside School (1990)
- Seeing Off Uncle Jack (1991)
- Dockside School Stories (1992)
- More Dockside School Stories (1992)
- Three Seven Eleven (1993)
- Johnnie's Blitz (1995) – ISBN 1-903015-28-6
- Justin and the Demon Drop-Kick (1997) – ISBN 1-903285-98-4
- Roller Madonnas (1997)
- A Present for Peter (1997)
- Flash (1997)
- City Limits: Stitch-Up (1997)
- City Limits: The Scam (1997)
- City Limits: Framed (1997)
- City Limits: Mean Street (1997)
- Tiger Without Teeth (1998) – ISBN 1-84299-196-5
- Hannibal Route (1999)
- Justin and the Big Fight (1999) – ISBN 978-1-85714-404-8
- Rapid (1999)
- Little Soldier (1999) – ISBN 1-86039-879-0 (ISBN 0-439-28502-X US & Canada)
- Respect (2000) – ISBN 0-7136-4946-1
- Playing Against the Odds (2000) – ISBN 1-902260-69-4
- Justin Strikes Again (2001) – ISBN 978-0-14-130769-5
- also published as Justin and the Grandad War (2009) – ISBN 978-1-85714-403-1
- Revenge House (2002) – ISBN 1-84121-814-6
- Freedom Flight (2003) – ISBN 1-84121-306-3
- Close Look, Quick Look (2004)
- Torrent! (2004) – ISBN 1-84299-196-5
- Ben Maddox: Ten Days to Zero (2005) – ISBN 978-1-84362-649-7
- Ben Maddox: Down to the Wire (2006) – ISBN 978-1-84616-965-6
- Smokescreen (2006) – ISBN 0-7460-6791-7
- Ben Maddox: Flashpoint (2007) – ISBN 978-1-84616-060-8
- Angel Boy (2008) – ISBN 978-1-84507-814-0
- Solitaire (2008) – ISBN 978-0-7460-8137-2
- No Way to Go (2009) – ISBN 978-1-4083-0239-2
- Ronnie's War (2010)
- Aftershock (2011)
- Dive Bombing (2012)
- Hero Girls' (2012)
- Jack and the German Spy (2013)
- Shadow of the Zeppelin (Orchard Books, 2014)
- Nadine Dreams of Home (2014)
- Dead End Kids (2015)
- The Way It Is (2015)
Picture books
change- Cleversticks (1992) – ISBN 0-00-663855-4
- A Present for Paul (1996) – ISBN 0-00-664160-1
- King Rat (1998)-
- Growing Good (1999) – ISBN 0-7475-4149-3
- Who Loves You, Billy? (2000)
- Double the Love – ISBN 1-84121-625-9 (hardback) or ISBN 1-84121-278-4
- The Bush (2003) – ISBN 1-870516-60-5
Notes
change- ↑ Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1954) or Highly Commended (from 1966). There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in 49 years including three for 1978 and four for 1986 (one highly commended).
References
change- ↑ "Bernard John Ashley - Director Information (UK)". site2corp.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bernard Ashley (June 2002). A Kind of Wild Justice. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-271889-1. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ↑ "Carnegie Medal Award" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "The men and the boats; Britain's life-boat service". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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