Background
Sylvia Waugh was born in Gateshead, County Durham, Northern England in 1935.
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Space Race (Ormingat Trilogy) by Sylvia Waugh (2000-01-06)
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Mennyms under siege / Sylvia Waugh
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Earthborn
(Nesta Gwynn has always known that her parents are differe...)
Nesta Gwynn has always known that her parents are different. She thinks it’s because they’re from Boston instead of the little town in England, where Nesta was born and where she’s always lived. But at the age of 12, Nesta discovers that her parents aren’t really from Boston. In fact, they’re not from Earth at all. They’re aliens from a planet named Ormingat and, even though she was born on Earth, Nesta is an alien too. To make matters worse, her parents’s mission on Earth has come to an abrupt end because of a boy named Thomas Derwent. They will have one chance to return to Ormingat and it’s only seven days away. Nesta quickly devises a plan so that she’ll miss the deadline and not have to leave Earth. But if she stays behind, will her parents choose to stay with her or will they go back to Ormingat without her?
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Mennyms Under Siege
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Mennyms Alive (Mannyms Alive)
(The saga of the Mennyms, an extraordinary family of life-...)
The saga of the Mennyms, an extraordinary family of life-sized rag dolls, comes to its riveting conclusion in this fifth volume of the popular series. The Mennyms had been instilled by their maker with an indomitable life force that had sustained them through perils of many kinds, including the greatest threat of all: discovery by the outside world. But suddenly that life force left them, all except Soobie, the blue Mennym. Now Soobie's desperate prayer for his family to live again is answered. But to what have the Mennyms returned? Sylvia Waugh provides the answer in the final book of this literary classic. Long live the Mennyms!
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The Mennyms
(The Mennyms--mother, father, grandparents, and five child...)
The Mennyms--mother, father, grandparents, and five children--live at Number 5 Brocklehurst Grove. There's a secret at Number 5, and it isn't Miss Quigley lurking in the cupboard or the mystery of Pilbeam in the attic. There is a startling deception that if exposed would threaten the family's very existence. The Mennyms--mother, father, grandparents, and five children--live at Number 5 Brocklehurst Grove. There's a secret at Number 5, and it isn't Miss Quigley lurking in the cupboard or the mystery of Pilbeam in the attic. There is a startling deception that if exposed would threaten the family's very existence.
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oikogeneia mennym / οικογένεια μέννυμ
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Earthborn (Ormingat Trilogy)
(Nesta Gwynn has always known that her parents are differe...)
Nesta Gwynn has always known that her parents are different. She thinks it’s because they’re from Boston instead of the little town in England, where Nesta was born and where she’s always lived. But at the age of 12, Nesta discovers that her parents aren’t really from Boston. In fact, they’re not from Earth at all. They’re aliens from a planet named Ormingat and, even though she was born on Earth, Nesta is an alien too. To make matters worse, her parents’s mission on Earth has come to an abrupt end because of a boy named Thomas Derwent. They will have one chance to return to Ormingat and it’s only seven days away. Nesta quickly devises a plan so that she’ll miss the deadline and not have to leave Earth. But if she stays behind, will her parents choose to stay with her or will they go back to Ormingat without her? From the Hardcover edition.
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Who Goes Home? (Ormingat Trilogy) by Sylvia Waugh (2003-07-03)
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Mennyms in the Wilderness
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When their home is threatened by highway construction, the Mennyms are forced to relocate, and while they struggle to adjust to new surroundings, they face the fear of discovery by the outside world.
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Die Mennyms unter Menschen.
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Mennyms Alive by Sylvia Waugh (4-Sep-2014) Paperback
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The Mennyms by Sylvia Waugh (1994-04-01)
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Mennyms Alone
(The family of life-size rag dolls is back for another adv...)
The family of life-size rag dolls is back for another adventure, but this time, Sir Magnus, the patriarch of the clan, fears that the world will soon come to an end, causing the family to worry and wonder what makes him feel the way he does.
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Who Goes Home? (The Ormingat Trilogy)
(This conclusion to the Ormingat Trilogy brings together p...)
This conclusion to the Ormingat Trilogy brings together past events and people who share an understanding of the mystery of Ormingat. The story begins with a tragedy averted. How will it end? Who goes home? Like Patrick in Space Race and Matthew and Alison in Earthborn, Steven is a visitor from the planet Ormingat, sent to live temporarily on Earth with a human family. When his earthly son Jacob is born with a fatal immune deficiency, however, Steven cannot watch his son die, and calls upon his secret extraterrestrial connections to save the boy. With the help of a protective shield from Ormingat, Jacob does survive, but he grows up secluded, frustrated, and without friends. When Steven is forced to tell Jacob of his identity and involve him in his work, Jacob resents the intrusion of this alien world. Jacob never asked for more than a normal human life, yet it’s the one thing Steven can never give him. Meanwhile, the activities of other Ormingatriga are drawing undesired publicity and the danger of detection. Steven is summoned back to Ormingat, but how can he abandon his earth family? From the Hardcover edition.
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Sylvia Waugh
Edit ProfileEducation
She attended Gateshead Grammar School.
Career
Having worked full-time as a grammar teacher for seventeen years, Waugh began her writing career in her late fifties. Her first book,, was published by Julia McRae in 1993. She continued "the Mennyms" as a series of five books (1993 to 1996) that have appeared in seventeen languages.
The Ormingat books received very good critical reviews and have been published in Japanese (all three books) and Spanish (Space Race).
Achievements
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Beside winning the Guardian Prize and making the Carnegie Medal shortlist, The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways: The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children"s Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch "Mennyms under Siege" A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its "Children"s Books of Distinction" American Parenting magazine"s "Reading Magic " - one of the top ten children"s books in the United States of America for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that "best withstand the test of time". The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.
Works
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Mennyms Alone
(The family of life-size rag dolls is back for another adv...)
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Mennyms in the Wilderness
(When their home is threatened by highway construction, th...)
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Mennyms Alive (Mannyms Alive)
(The saga of the Mennyms, an extraordinary family of life-...)
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Who Goes Home? (The Ormingat Trilogy)
(This conclusion to the Ormingat Trilogy brings together p...)
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The Mennyms
(The Mennyms--mother, father, grandparents, and five child...)
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Earthborn
(Nesta Gwynn has always known that her parents are differe...)
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Earthborn (Ormingat Trilogy)
(Nesta Gwynn has always known that her parents are differe...)
- Space Race (Ormingat Trilogy) by Sylvia Waugh (2000-01-06)
- The Maker of the Mennyms
- Mennyms under siege / Sylvia Waugh
- Mennyms Under Siege
- oikogeneia mennym / οικογένεια μέννυμ
- Who Goes Home? (Ormingat Trilogy) by Sylvia Waugh (2003-07-03)
- Die Mennyms unter Menschen.
- Mennyms Alive by Sylvia Waugh (4-Sep-2014) Paperback
- The Mennyms by Sylvia Waugh (1994-04-01)
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Mennyms Alone
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; Zilveren Zoen Beside winning the Guardian Prize and making the Carnegie Medal shortlist, The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways: The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege' A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction' American Parenting magazine's 'Reading Magic ' - one of the top ten children's books in the USA for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that 'best withstand the test of time'. The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; Zilveren Zoen Beside winning the Guardian Prize and making the Carnegie Medal shortlist, The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways: The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege' A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction' American Parenting magazine's 'Reading Magic ' - one of the top ten children's books in the USA for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that 'best withstand the test of time'. The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; Zilveren Zoen Beside winning the Guardian Prize and making the Carnegie Medal shortlist, The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways: The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege' A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction' American Parenting magazine's 'Reading Magic ' - one of the top ten children's books in the USA for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that 'best withstand the test of time'. The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; Zilveren Zoen Beside winning the Guardian Prize and making the Carnegie Medal shortlist, The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways: The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege' A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction' American Parenting magazine's 'Reading Magic ' - one of the top ten children's books in the USA for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that 'best withstand the test of time'. The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.