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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)
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
The Devil's Children | Gollancz | Novel | |
| 1972 | The Devil's Children | Puffin | Novel | ||
| May 1973 |
|
The Devil's Children | Hutchinson | Novel | |
| 1974 |
|
The Devil's Children | Puffin | Novel | |
| 1975 |
|
The Changes: A Trilogy | Gollancz | Omnibus | |
| 1982 |
|
The Devil's Children | Puffin | Novel | |
| 1983 |
|
The Devil's Children | Puffin | Novel | |
| 1985 |
|
The Changes Trilogy | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Omnibus | 9 |
| May 1986 |
|
The Devil's Children | Delacorte Press | Novel | |
| April 1988 |
|
The Devil's Children | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Novel | |
| December 1991 |
|
The Changes: A Trilogy | Dell | Omnibus | |
| January 2015 |
|
The Changes Trilogy | Open Road Integrated Media | Omnibus | |
| May 2015 |
|
The Changes Trilogy | Open Road Integrated Media | Omnibus | |
| December 2019 | The Devil's Children | CollinsVoyager | Novel |