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The Devil's Children

Peter Dickinson

First published 1970
Type Novel
Series Changes #3

(quote) Summary: This is the third of Peter Dickinson's books about the Changes – that five-year interlude when England turns furiously against every sort of machine. "The Devil's Children" is about the very beginning of the Changes. In the panicky flight from London, a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky Gore, has become separated from her London family. Lonely, frightened and desperate, she attaches herself to a band of Sikh immigrants, who are somehow unaffected by the Changes. At first they are reluctant to take her with them, but they soon discover that she is as essential to them as they are to her.   Suggested interest age 13+ --{{OCLC|734059398}} (library record of the novel rather than any book, apparently)

Sometimes marketed or catalogued as book 1 (see Summary)

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1970 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1970 The Devil's Children Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown Novel
July 1970 Cover The Devil's Children Gollancz Novel
1972 The Devil's Children Puffin Novel
May 1973 Cover The Devil's Children Hutchinson Novel
1974 Cover The Devil's Children Puffin Novel
1975 Cover The Changes: A Trilogy Gollancz Omnibus
1982 Cover The Devil's Children Puffin Novel
1983 Cover The Devil's Children Puffin Novel
1985 Cover The Changes Trilogy Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Omnibus 9
May 1986 Cover The Devil's Children Delacorte Press Novel
April 1988 Cover The Devil's Children Dell Laurel-Leaf Novel
December 1991 Cover The Changes: A Trilogy Dell Omnibus
January 2015 Cover The Changes Trilogy Open Road Integrated Media Omnibus
May 2015 Cover The Changes Trilogy Open Road Integrated Media Omnibus
December 2019 The Devil's Children CollinsVoyager Novel