Rescuing Ruby, Nicola Baker
Rescuing Ruby, Nicola Baker
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Rescuing Ruby

Author: Nicola Baker

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2024


Synopsis

The second book in a warm and beautifully observed farm adventure series from Nicola Baker, star of Our Farm in the Dales. Perfect for readers 8+ and fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Dick King Smith and The Snow Foal. With stunning illustrations from Rachael Dean throughout.

Ten-year-old Ava has swapped city life for mud, wellies and animals on Whistledown Farm. With the arrival of Autumn and as the leaves begins to fall, she rescues a tawny owl called Ruby. As Ava helps Ruby, she soon realises that learning to love means letting go as well . . .

‘Baker is a gifted writer, and her bucolic adventure harks back to classic farm stories such as those written by Dick King Smith and Michael Morpurgo’ The Bookseller

About the author:

Growing up, Nicola spent hours with her nose stuck in a book or filling notebooks with stories and sketches. After a successful career as a physiotherapist and raising two children she’s now come full circle and is writing again.

Nicola lives on a smallholding with her husband and two children. When she’s not mucking out chickens or feeding the sheep you’ll find her writing adventure stories for children.

About Nicola Baker

Growing up, Nicola spent hours with her nose stuck in a book or filling notebooks with stories and sketches. After a successful career as a physiotherapist and raising two children she’s now come full circle and is writing again. Nicola lives on a smallholding in the Chiltern Hills with her husband and two children. When she’s not mucking out chickens or feeding the sheep you’ll find her writing adventure stories for children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 10, 2025

Whilst firmly set in the present day, Nicola Baker has managed to imbue the Whistledown Farm stories with a really classic feel, and this autumn-set instalment has a particularly cosy vibe. Nature-loving children will be delighted by Ava's latest rescue, a young tawny owl she names Ruby, but as Ava......more