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Bernard Ashley
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Born
| Bernard John Ashley
April 1935 (age 89)
Woolwich, London, U.K.
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Occupation
| Teacher and author of children's books
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Language
| English
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Education
| Trained as a teacher at
Trent Park College of Education
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Genre
| Children's fiction
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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]
- 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
- ↑
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).
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