A Stranger At Green Knowe

I re-read all of the Green Knowe books repeatedly as a child, but reading them again as an adult has been a revelation. The descriptions and the ability to reveal the world the way a child sees it are unparalleled throughout, even in RIVER, which is less a novel than a series of vignettes strung tog......more

I've always had a messy relationship with the Green Knowe stories. They've appealed to me less than I suspect their components ought. In other words a mysterious story set in a strange house in the English countryside should have been my absolute jam and yet hasn't ever. I've tried The Children of G......more

Just re read this and finished it - how appropriate it is to today. All kids should read this book - also Teresa May and Trump (if he can read)!! It's about a young refugee from Burma called Ping and a n escaped gorilla. Covers themes of family, sanctuary, home and freedom from repression - in short......more

The eponymous stranger may be a primate, but he’s no human. A Stranger at Green Knowe begins in equatorial Africa amongst a family of gorillas, far from the beloved mansion of Green Knowe. There, a 2-year-old gorilla and his sister are captured and their parents and baby brother killed. The gorilla,......more

A Stranger at Green Knowe is the 4th book in the Green Knowe series for children. This series is so well written and has such imaginative plots that adults will like them as much as children. This book focuses on Ping, the Chinese orphan from the third book. Ping meets the gorilla Hanno at the zoo i......more