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Joan Lingard

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

January 15, 1932

Died

July 12, 2022

Genre

Young Adult, Fiction

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Joan Lingard was born in Edinburgh, in the Old Town, but grew up in Belfast where she lived until she was 18. She attended Strandtown Primary and then got a scholarship into Bloomfied Collegiate. She has three daughters and five grandchildren, and now lives in Edinburgh with her Canadian husband.

Lingard has written novels for both adults and children. She is probably most famous for the teenage-aimed Kevin and Sadie series, which have sold over one million copies and have been reprinted many times since.

Her first novel Liam's Daughter was an adult-orientated novel published in 1963. Her first children's novel was The Twelfth Day of July (the first of the five Kevin and Sadie books) in 1970.

Lingard received the prestigious West German awar ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 6,064 ratings · 397 reviews · 92 distinct works • Similar authors

	Across the Barricades (Kevin and Sadie, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 2,090 ratings — published 1972 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelfth Day of July (Kevin and Sadie, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,455 ratings — published 1970 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into Exile (Kevin and Sadie, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 1973 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Proper Place (Kevin and Sadie, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hostages to Fortune (Kevin and Sadie, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eleventh Orphan 3.95 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natashas Will 3.55 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell the Moon to Come Out 3.65 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tug of War 3.70 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clearance (Maggie, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kevin and Sadie (5 books)
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Elfie and Joe (3 books)
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Maggie (4 books)
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Peterson Family (2 books)
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“Whoever had invented long division has a lot to answer for.”
― Joan Lingard, The Chancery Lane Conspiracy

tags: blaming-others, invention

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“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other people, and, in this way, push out the boundaries of our own lifes.”
― Joan Lingard

tags: reading

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“Whatever happens we mustn't forget how to laugh”
― Joan Lingard

tags: inspirational

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