Books, Mud and Compost. And Horses.

I'm delighted to welcome the next castaway on the desert island where books are allowed. But not many. Linda Newbery has been one of my favourite authors for years: if you haven't read her The Damage Done  or The Nowhere Girl , or The Shell House ,  or Lob ,  you are in for a treat.  Linda's latest book is  The Key to Flambards , which the acute will spot uses the name of a very well-known series indeed: K M Peyton's Flambards. That is because this book tells (with the blessing of K M Peyton) the story of Christina's descendants, Grace Russell, and her mother, who are visiting Flambards for the first time around a century since we left it in Flambards Divided .  I loved it. The more I think about it, the more staggerered I am at how well it weaves together the Flambards we all know with the modern day.  So it will not surprise you to learn who wrote one of Linda's choices ...  Linda Newbery's website . Linda runs the Writers Re...