Linnets and Valerians

One of England's best-loved children's book writers spins a tale of four orphaned children sent to live with their nasty grandmother. They decide at once their new life is unbearable and they run away for a new life filled with animals, magic, and danger amongst the rolling hills and moors of the English countryside. It's a story filled with Elizabeth Goudge's trademark mixture of realism and magic--and like her classic The Little White Horse (adored by J. K. Rowling) it is set in Devon and inspired by its folklore and legends.