Auntie Robbo

'Extravagant and rollicking, it has the complete irresponsibility which is only possible from a serious writer'. So wrote the New Alliance in 1941. Today the story of a boy and his octogenarian aunt on the run from the police over the heather and highland hills holds a thrill still relished by children and adults alike.

About the author

ANN SCOTT MONCRIEFF was born in Orkney in 1914 and died in Nairn in 1943. During her short life she was a journalist, writer and a poet who was immortalized by Edwin Muir in his poem 'To Ann'. This is the authorised republication with an introduction by Ann Scott Moncrieff's daughter for school-age children.

Summary

'Extravagant and rollicking, it has the complete irresponsibility which is only possible from a serious writer'. So wrote the New Alliance in 1941. Today the story of a boy and his octogenarian aunt on the run from the police over the heather and highland hills holds a thrill still relished by children and adults alike.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Scott Moncrieff, Ann Scott Moncrieff
• Assisted by: Christopher Brooker (Illustration), Brooker Christopher (Illustration)
• Publisher: BookSource
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781910895146
• ISBN: 978-1-910895-14-6
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 236 g
• Series: Ann Scott Moncrieff Children's
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Scotland, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), c 1930 to c 1939, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Northern Scotland, Highlands and Islands, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Europe