ASHLEY, BERNARD — Little Soldier

New York: Scholastic Press, 2002. 1st US Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0439224241. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and a very thin line of fading to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean." Bernard John Ashley (born April 1935) is a British author of books for children and young adults. His debut novel, The Trouble with Donovan Croft, published in 1974, won "The Other Award", an alternative to the Carnegie Medal. A Kind of Wild Justice (1978) , Running Scared (1986) , and Little Soldier (1999) were commended runners up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book. The first two have been reissued by OUP in their Children's Modern Classics series, the third re-issued in a 15th anniversary edition. Ashley's TV drama Dodgem (based on his own novel) won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Entertainment programme (BBC) in 1993. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .