Stan

by Ann Pilling

Stan escapes from his foster home to join his brothers in Ireland but is pursued by Julius Lodge who will stop at nothing to get what he wants - but an even greater danger awaits him across the Irish Sea. The author has written "The Year of the Worm" and "Henry's Leg" which won the Guardian Award.

192 pages, Paperback

Published September 18, 1989

About the author

Born in 1944 in Lancashire, British poet and children's author Ann Pilling read English at King’s College, London, where she wrote her thesis on C.S. Lewis' fiction. She has published over thirty books for children, one of which - Henry's Leg - won The Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction. She has two sons, six grandchildren, and currently lives in the Yorkshire Dales. Since 2003, she has concentrated on writing poetry, rather than fiction.