To Tame a Sister

Mr Copplestone & The Smiths #5

by Gillian Avery, John Verney (Illustrator)

Twelve-year-old Margaret hardly knows whether to look forward to a chance to mingle with the famous at her cousins' country home, or dread the mess her brothers' mischief will make of the situation.

255 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Gillian Elise Avery was a British children's novelist, and a historian of childhood education and children's literature. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972 for A Likely Lad. It was adapted for television in 1990.

Reviews

[Janet Bird · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the original hardback from Stretford Library, they didn't have paperbacks in the children's library in those days I don't think. Loved this book.