Jill Paton Walsh is the author of books for adults, young adults and children. Her novel "Knowledge of Angels" was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Her crime novels and mystery novels include "The Attenbury Emeralds," "A Presumption of Death," "The Wyndham Case" and "A Piece of Justice," which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. With Dorothy L. Sayers, she was co-author of "Thrones, Dominations." Her novels for children and young adults include "A Parcel of Patterns." She lives in Cambridge, England.
""The Green Book" is a clever and beautifully shaped little
combination of future fiction and metafiction. . .It is the record
of the exodus of a group of Britons from a dying Earth to a new
planet. . .The naive courage of the children. . .saves the colony."
--Starred, "School Library Journal"
"An enthralling story, flawlessly told."--"The New Yorker"
A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year
""The Green Book is a clever and beautifully shaped little
combination of future fiction and metafiction. . .It is the record
of the exodus of a group of Britons from a dying Earth to a new
planet. . .The naive courage of the children. . .saves the colony."
--Starred, "School Library Journal
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