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Happy 80th, Angela Bull! (British author: "The Machine Breakers: The Story of the Luddites," 1980)
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Two addresses I have for her are Bingley, West Yorkshire, and Skipton, NY, England.
One of her more popular books is "Free at Last!: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr.," (2000).
http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-45570/
(some synopses - you have to click at the bottom to see more titles)
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=882&q=angela+bull+books&oq=angela+bull+books&gs_l=img.3...874.874.0.1483.1.1.0.0.0.0.76.76.1.1.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.0.0.UyZepPm3WNs
(book covers)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6883.Angela_Bull
(reader reviews)
http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2015/11/up-attic-stairs-by-angela-bull.html
(about "Up The Attic Stairs," 1989 - for teens?)
"The book opens with a group of students in a shared house, who are asked to help with fund-raising for a hospital in Sudan: the woman who founded the hospital once lived in their house. We follow the story of the student sharers – one of whom has a connection with a big house in the town. Via their attempts to do a fund-raiser we hear the past story of the house, and the women connected with it, from early in the 20th century to the date of writing in the late 1980s. So the story starts with suffragettes, goes on to WW1, the increased freedoms for women in the 20s and 30s, the changes and dangers brought by WW2, and the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s and 70s. It is all very keyed to women’s rights and lives. Refreshingly, not everyone is brave, or perfect, or committed to the cause. One of the modern young women doesn’t really understand why her mother broke up the nuclear home to join a women’s collective. Another character is quite horrible, but you can also sympathize with her slightly – her mother was so committed to the cause and to the women she was helping, in what was virtually a commune, that the daughter felt unloved and neglected."
From Amazon:
"Three students want to raise funds for a hospital in Africa. They decide on a fashion show of Gabriel's designs, until her inspiration dries up. She discovers trunks of her ancestors clothes. All evoke past generations and in unravelling their lives, she regains a sense of herself in the present."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKwDt2TnuPc
(video about "Free at Last"?)
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
The Friend with a Secret, Collins, 1965, Holt, 1966.
(With Gillian Avery) Nineteenth Century Children, Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.
Wayland's Keep, Collins, 1966, Holt, 1967.
Child of Ebenezer, Collins, 1974.
Treasure in the Fog, Collins, 1976.
Griselda, Collins, 1977.
The Doll in the Wall, Collins, 1978.
The Machine Breakers: The Story of the Luddites, Collins, 1980.
The Bicycle Parcel, Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
The Accidental Twins, Faber, 1982.
Noel Streatfeild, Collins, 1984.
Anne Frank, Hamish Hamilton, 1984.
Florence Nightingale, Hamish Hamilton, 1985.
Marie Curie, Hamish Hamilton, 1986.
A Hat for Emily, Collins, 1986.
The Visitors, Hamish Hamilton, 1987.
Green Gloves, Blackie, 1987.
Elizabeth Fry, Hamish Hamilton, 1987.
A Wish at the Baby's Grave, Hippo (London), 1988.
Up the Attic Stairs, Virago (London), 1989.
The Jiggery-Pokery Cup, illustrated by Pauline Hazelwood, Scholastic (London), 1990.
Pink Socks and Green Gloves, Puffin (London), 1992.
The Shadows of Owlsnap, Dent Children's (London), 1992.
Time Traveler: Children through Time, DK Publishing (New York City), 1999.
Flying Ace: The Story of Amelia Earhart, DK Publishing, 2000.
Free at Last!: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr., DK Publishing, 2000.
Robin Hood: The Tale of the Great Outlaw Hero, DK Publishing, 2000.
A Saint in Armor: The Story of Joan of Arc, DK Publishing, 2000.
The Story of Amelia Earhart, 2000.
"Also author of The Winter Phantoms, 1993; The Kitchen Maid, 1994; Yellow Wellies, 1994; and A Patchwork of Ghosts."
One of her more popular books is "Free at Last!: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr.," (2000).
http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-45570/
(some synopses - you have to click at the bottom to see more titles)
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=882&q=angela+bull+books&oq=angela+bull+books&gs_l=img.3...874.874.0.1483.1.1.0.0.0.0.76.76.1.1.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.0.0.UyZepPm3WNs
(book covers)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6883.Angela_Bull
(reader reviews)
http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2015/11/up-attic-stairs-by-angela-bull.html
(about "Up The Attic Stairs," 1989 - for teens?)
"The book opens with a group of students in a shared house, who are asked to help with fund-raising for a hospital in Sudan: the woman who founded the hospital once lived in their house. We follow the story of the student sharers – one of whom has a connection with a big house in the town. Via their attempts to do a fund-raiser we hear the past story of the house, and the women connected with it, from early in the 20th century to the date of writing in the late 1980s. So the story starts with suffragettes, goes on to WW1, the increased freedoms for women in the 20s and 30s, the changes and dangers brought by WW2, and the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s and 70s. It is all very keyed to women’s rights and lives. Refreshingly, not everyone is brave, or perfect, or committed to the cause. One of the modern young women doesn’t really understand why her mother broke up the nuclear home to join a women’s collective. Another character is quite horrible, but you can also sympathize with her slightly – her mother was so committed to the cause and to the women she was helping, in what was virtually a commune, that the daughter felt unloved and neglected."
From Amazon:
"Three students want to raise funds for a hospital in Africa. They decide on a fashion show of Gabriel's designs, until her inspiration dries up. She discovers trunks of her ancestors clothes. All evoke past generations and in unravelling their lives, she regains a sense of herself in the present."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKwDt2TnuPc
(video about "Free at Last"?)
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
The Friend with a Secret, Collins, 1965, Holt, 1966.
(With Gillian Avery) Nineteenth Century Children, Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.
Wayland's Keep, Collins, 1966, Holt, 1967.
Child of Ebenezer, Collins, 1974.
Treasure in the Fog, Collins, 1976.
Griselda, Collins, 1977.
The Doll in the Wall, Collins, 1978.
The Machine Breakers: The Story of the Luddites, Collins, 1980.
The Bicycle Parcel, Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
The Accidental Twins, Faber, 1982.
Noel Streatfeild, Collins, 1984.
Anne Frank, Hamish Hamilton, 1984.
Florence Nightingale, Hamish Hamilton, 1985.
Marie Curie, Hamish Hamilton, 1986.
A Hat for Emily, Collins, 1986.
The Visitors, Hamish Hamilton, 1987.
Green Gloves, Blackie, 1987.
Elizabeth Fry, Hamish Hamilton, 1987.
A Wish at the Baby's Grave, Hippo (London), 1988.
Up the Attic Stairs, Virago (London), 1989.
The Jiggery-Pokery Cup, illustrated by Pauline Hazelwood, Scholastic (London), 1990.
Pink Socks and Green Gloves, Puffin (London), 1992.
The Shadows of Owlsnap, Dent Children's (London), 1992.
Time Traveler: Children through Time, DK Publishing (New York City), 1999.
Flying Ace: The Story of Amelia Earhart, DK Publishing, 2000.
Free at Last!: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr., DK Publishing, 2000.
Robin Hood: The Tale of the Great Outlaw Hero, DK Publishing, 2000.
A Saint in Armor: The Story of Joan of Arc, DK Publishing, 2000.
The Story of Amelia Earhart, 2000.
"Also author of The Winter Phantoms, 1993; The Kitchen Maid, 1994; Yellow Wellies, 1994; and A Patchwork of Ghosts."
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