The White Horse Gang

Nina Bawden

Puffin Books, 1972 - Adventure stories, English - 154 pages

Gibbet Wood was a terrible place. It had its own ghost - the Headless Hunter, and it was said that the wood's owner Farmer John, would hang from an old oak tree anything, or anyone he caught in the wood. Abe was a founder member with Sam and Rose of the White Horse Gang, and it was his stupid idea to kidnap the spoilt little rich boy who had moved to the district. But when the plot misfired and there was great danger in the wood, it was Sam's act of courage which saved the day.

About the author

Nina Bawden was born in Ilford, Essex, England on January 19, 1925. She received a B.A. in 1946 and a M.A. in 1951 from Somerville College, Oxford. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 40 books for both children and adults. Her first adult novel was published in 1953. Her books for adults include Circles of Deceit, The Ruffian on the Stair, and Dear Austen. Her first children's book The Secret Passage was published in 1963. Her children's books include Kept in the Dark, Humbug, The Birds on the Trees, Carrie's War, The Outside Child, Granny the Pag, and Off the Road. She received numerous awards for her work including the 1976 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Peppermint Pig and the 1977 Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award for Afternoon of a Good Woman. She was made a CBE in 1995 and received the ST Dupont Golden Pen Award for a lifetime's contribution to literature in 2004. She died on August 22, 2012 at the age of 87.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The White Horse Gang; Puffin Story Bks; Puffin books
• Author: Nina Bawden
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Puffin Books, 1972
• ISBN: 0140305084, 9780140305081
• Length: 154 pages