Rachel Anderson

As well as journalism, Rachel still occasionally contributes to various journals and TV programmes. Rachel Anderson is an established Oxford author. Her special gift is to write powerfully about disability or alienation.

Rachel won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award for Paper Faces.

Rachel enjoys reading, drawing and walking. She is married and lives mainly in Cromer, Norfolk. She has four children.

 

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Featured Books, with extracts by Rachel Anderson

Red Moon
Rachel Anderson
The complexities of making choices in a world rich in different values, expectations and beliefs is cleverly explored in this hugely topical story. After the death of his father in a random violent attack, Hamish sheds the tolerant views he...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 06/04/2006

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This Strange New Life
Rachel Anderson
This Strange New Life is a powerful and moving story that follows one family’s experiences of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an increasingly common problem among teenagers. The narrative follows Johnnie, the youngest of the family, coming to terms with her two...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2006

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Books by Rachel Anderson

Bloom of Youth
Rachel Anderson
The first in the outstanding MOVING TIMES trilogy, from a Guardian Award winner. It's the 1950s: there's no half-way between girlhood and womanhood - so where does a schoolgirl seek Life and Hope?
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2009

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Stronger Than Mountains
Rachel Anderson
The final story in the Moving Times trilogy. After the hardships of the 50s, how will any of Ruth's family experience the new freedoms of the swinging 60s?
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2009

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Grandmother's Footsteps
Rachel Anderson
The second story in the MOVING TIMES trilogy. Bewildered by the break-up of the wartime world she is used to, Ruth clings to the familiar haven of her grandmother's life.
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2009

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Big Ben
Rachel Anderson
An entertaining and moving story about Matthew, whose adored older brother Ben has Downs Syndrome.
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/10/2007

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The Poacher's Son
Rachel Anderson
Bullied by the other children, despised by his teacher and having to support his family, Arthur Betts finds his own way to survive using his knowlege of nature and the country.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2006

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This Strange New Life
Rachel Anderson
Johnnie's brothers have always been her heroes. Big, brave and brilliant, they are out making their way in the world while she is still stuck at home, the little girl of the family. So, when they both crawl back, too...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2006

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Year 4: Hugo and the Long Red Arm
Rachel Anderson
When Hugo breaks his arm, he expects to feel bored and useless. But when his inactive arm suddenly starts to grow and develop unique reaching , grabbing and twirling powers, he finds he is constantly embroiled in mischief and adventure.
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/08/2004

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Pizza on Saturday
Rachel Anderson
Until her father's death, Charlotte thought that the worst things that could happen were accidents like swallowing a paperclip and losing a pen. While members of her family mourn the loss, no one seems to be able to help her...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/02/2004

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Hello Peanut!
Rachel Anderson
How big is my baby? A young child watches his mother's tummy grow bigger and bigger, as the unborn child grows from the size of a dot to a peanut to an elephant!
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/02/2003

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Stronger Than Mountains
Rachel Anderson
Can Ruth and her sister Mary discover lasting love amid the chaos of their large bohemian family? And what about their eccentric mother, could they find her a new love too? As Ruth stands at the altar, she makes a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2000

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