Ebook {Epub PDF} Auntie Robbo by Ann Scott-Moncrieff

by Charlie Wiseman about original author, poet and radio contributor Ann Scott- Moncrieff Auntie Robbo liked to talk in the evening after www.doorway.ru opening line from Ann Scott-Moncrieff's Auntie Robbo makes it clear that the author is herself someone who likes company and understands the power of talking. The second sentence goes on to describe. An absolutely delightful and unusual story about the antics of 81 year old Aunt Robbo and her great nephew Hector, who go on the run in the Scottish countryside to flee the clutches of a stepmother who wants to put Aunt Robbo away, and send Hector to formal schooling/5. A woman calling herself his step-mother arrives from England and Hector and Auntie Robbo realise that they have to run away. The chase leads all over the north of Scotland, narrowly escaping police and the authorities, adopting three homeless children on the way.

Ann Scott-Moncrieff (), author, was a daughter of Major J. D. M. Shearer. She was born in Kirkwall, Scotland, in At one time she attended the University of Edinburgh, after which, in , she married George Scott-Moncrieff, a Scottish novelist and topographer.. She contributed to the making of BBC programmes and her first published literary work was a children's story, Aboard. A woman calling herself his step-mother arrives from England and Hector and Auntie Robbo realise that they have to run away. Auntie Robbo by Ann Scott Moncrieff (English) Paperback Book Free Shipping! | eBay. Auntie Robbo by Ann Scott Moncrieff: Originally refused publication in London because it was deemed critical of the English, this fabulous young adult novel tells the story of Hector, an year-old boy living near Edinburgh with his great auntie Robbo who is in her eighties.

Auntie Robbo - Kindle edition by Scott Moncrieff, Ann, Brooker, Christopher. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Auntie Robbo. The wonderful tale of Hector, an orphan boy of 11 who lives happily with his 81 year-old feisty and eccentric great-aunt Robina. When his stepmother turns up to claim him, the pair go on the run, picking up some other stray children and having marvelous adventures as they try to stay one step. Auntie Robbo tells the rollicking adventure of Hector and his great aunt as they flee a stepmother through the Highlands of Scotland.