Books with author Norman Silver

Newly arrived in England from South Africa, a fifteen-year-old's family deteriorates, as the effects of living under apartheid take a toll on every aspect of the family members' lives.

Lured to the fairy world by the promise of a playmate, a young girl soon tires of her new life and tries to find a way to escape the fairies' power and return home to her mother.

Newly arrived in England from South Africa, a fifteen-year-old's family deteriorates, as the effects of living under apartheid take a toll on every aspect of the family members' lives.

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Interconnecting stories about growing up white and Jewish in Cape Town, South Africa, focus on fifteen-year-old Basil Kushenovitz, whose life is increasingly crowded with contradictions. By the author of No Tigers in Africa.

Teenager Selwyn Lewis emigrates from South Africa to England but is unable to settle or make friends because of his rigid, white South African attitudes. His parents are too concerned with their own upheaval to notice that his crisis is escalating.

186p white paperback with illustrated cover, hardly used, pages clean, very good

In Johannesburg in the 1960s, a white, Jewish girl's struggles with puberty and with her mother's unfortunate remarriage are exacerbated by the sexual repressiveness and social injustice she sees all around her.

In a heartwarming story set in turn-of-the-century New York, Mrs. Peachtree, the proprietor of a tea shop, finds herself pursued, despite her best efforts, by the affections of a scruffy, stray cat. By the author of On Grandma's Roof.

Presents a collection of twisted tales about mysterious worlds where blossoms have mystical powers, strange creatures speak the truth, and magic is dangerously real.