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Nancy Bond

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in Bethesda, Maryland, The United States

January 08, 1945

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Children's writer Nancy (Barbara) Bond was born in Maryland and was raised in the United Kingdom and Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College in 1966 and a graduate degree from the College of Librarianship in Wales in 1972. She taught at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979 to 2001.

In 1977 Bond received the Newbery Honor for A String in the Harp. Her second book, The Voyage Begun, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 88,520 ratings · 2,002 reviews · 31 distinct works · Similar authors

	A String in the Harp 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Shore 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1988	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Country of Broken Stone 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1980	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Enemies 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place to Come Back To 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1984	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love of Friends 3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voyage Begun 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth To Tell 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swiss Family Robinson Coloring Book 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	String in the Harp 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Best of Enemies (2 books)
by Nancy Bond
3.652173913043478 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings

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“The worst is being alone and not having someone with whom I can share life, someone who sees the world from the same narrow ledge I'm standing on and who understands without always having to be explained to.”
― Nancy Bond, Country of Broken Stone

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