by Aiken, Joan
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READING LIST
Armstrong, Martin. Spanish Circus. William Collins.
Coverdale, John E The Basque Phase of Spain's First Carlist War. Princeton University Press.
Inglis, Henry D. Spain in 1830. Whittaker, Treachor & Co.
Kamen, Henry. Spain in the Later Seventeenth Century. Longmans.
McCabe, Joseph. Spain in Revolt 1814–1931. Bodley Head.
Morton, J. B. Pyrenean. Longmans.
Morton, H. V. A Stranger in Spain. Dodd, Mead, & Co.
Oman, Carola. Sir John Moore. Hodder & Stoughton.
"Poco Mas." Scenes and Adventures in Spain from 183$ to 1840. Bendey.
Quin, Michael J. A Visit to Spain 1824. Hurst Robinson & Co.
Scott, J. M. From Sea to Ocean: Walking Through the Pyrenees. Geoffrey Bles.
Sedgwick, Henry Dwight. A Short History of Spain. Harrap.
Some of the above tides are now out of print, but may be obtained through a library.
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JOAN AIKEN (1924–2004) was the author of many books for adults and children, including Black Hearts in Battersea and The Wolves of Willough by Chase, which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Her 1968 novel, The Whispering Mountain, was a Carnegie Medal Honor Book and winner of the Guardian Award. She was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to children's literature.
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Don't miss Felix's other adventures!
In the first book of the trilogy, twelve-year-old orphan Felix Brooke is given a letter that contains a clue to the whereabouts of his father's family. So he gladly leaves his unhappy home in Spain to follow the trail. But it's a long way to England, and many dangers stand between Felix and his destination.
Felix's adventures continue in the second book in the trilogy. After visiting his father's family in England, Felix is on his way back to Spain when he's shipwrecked off the coast of France. He is taken in by monks to recover from his ordeal—but it soon becomes clear that he is actually being held prisoner. Felix encounters an injured boy, Juan, on the grounds of the monastery and saves him from death. The two boys escape and continue on to Spain together—but a gang is pursuing Juan, and the journey is more dangerous than they imagined.
Praise for this trilogy:
"Each leaves the reader eager for more."
—VOYA (5Q—highest rating)
"I can't recommend these too highly."
—novelist and reviewer Amanda Craig in
The Independent on Sunday
"These books get better with each reading."
—School Library Journal
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*If the priests and friars only knew
What a beating we are going to give them
They would huddle together shouting
Liberty, Liberty, Liberty!
Swallow it, swallow it, swallow it
Old long-face diehard
We don't want a witch for a queen
Or a sluggard for a king.
(Riego's hymn became the national anthem of the Spanish Republic in 1931.)
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