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Ainsley walked round him, shivering and rubbing his nose. The nose felt that it was running, or felt that it didn't feel it was running when it was

William Mayne

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It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
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William Mayne

William Mayne

Born: March 16, 1928
Died: March 24, 2010 (aged 82)
Bio: William James Carter Mayne was an English writer of children's fiction. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature calls him one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th century.
Known for:
  1. A swarm in May (1955)
  2. A Grass Rope (1957)
  3. A game of dark (1971)
  4. The book of Hob stories (1991)
  5. Cradlefasts (1995)

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