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Kes Gray was noted by The Independent as one of the top ten children's authors in the UK in 2003. He is the author of the award-winning Eat Your Peas and eleven more titles in the acclaimed Daisy series, as well as Our Twitchy and Billy's Bucket, illustrated by Garry Parsons, winner of the Red House Children's Book Award for Younger Readers. He also works as a freelance advertising copy writer. Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children. Pants, written by Giles Andreae, won the 2003 Children's Book Award and The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong won it in 1997. He is the illustrator of all Jacqueline Wilson's prize-winning children's novels and his work appears in Playdays and Cosmopolitan. He lives in Brighton.
Letchworthy Farm lies on the edge of Dartmoor with the widest, most glorious views in England. Since her father's recent death, Jane Reeves has worked the farm alone, and like most English cattle farmers, is falling into debt. North tells the story of Jane's fight to keep afloat and to preserve the way of life that she loves, with skill and conviction. The problems that she faces - rescuing cows from bogs, being lost in the mist on the moor or arguing in court with underhanded property developers - are as nail-bitingly compelling as any thriller. The drudgery and ecstasy of working the land are brilliantly portrayed. Read this and you will know why there are still people willing to face the struggle to go on farming. (Kirkus UK)
