Today in pulp... a few children's and YA novels from Fontana Lions! Image
We loved a post-nuclear YA novel in the '80s. Loved it we did...

Children Of The Dust, by Louise Lawrence. Fontana Lions, 1985. Image
I Am The Cheese, by Robert Cormier. Fontana Lions, 1980. One of those books that seemed to be in every school... Image
The Eyes Of The Amaryllis, by Natalie Babbitt. Fontana Lions, 1980. Cover by Pauline Baynes. Image
The Owl Service, by Alan Garner. Fontana Lions, 1981. Image
Tex, by S.E. Hinton. Fontana Lions, 1979. Image
The Nature Of The Beast, by Janni Howker. Fontana Lions, 1985. Image
Beyond The Dragon Prow, by Robert Leeson. Fontana Lions, 1985. Image
The House That Sailed Away, by Pat Hutchins. Fontana Lions, 1975. Illustrations by Laurence Hutchins. Image
That's it for Fontana Lions books today.

But hold on... Image
...here come the Armada Lions!

The Silver Crown, by Robert O'Brien. Armada Lions, 1975. Image
Elidor, by Alan Garner. Armada Lions, 1974. Image
Mandy, by Julie Edwards (aka Julie Andrews). Armada Lions, 1974. Illustrations by Judith Gwyn Brown. Image
The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen, by Alan Garner. Armada Lions, 1971. Image
The King Of The Copper Mountains, by Paul Biegel. Armada Lions, 1973. Image
The Hunting Of Wilberforce Pike, by Molly Lefebure. Armada Lions, 1975. Image
The Book Of Three, by Lloyd Alexander. Armada Lions, 1973. Image
More childhood memories another time... Image

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