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The Lark on the Wing

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The Lark on the Wing
First edition cover
AuthorElfrida Vipont
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
January 1, 1950
AwardCarnegie Medal (literary award) (1950)

The Lark on the Wing is a 1950 children's novel by Elfrida Vipont. A sequel to her 1948 The Lark in the Morn, it was published by Oxford University Press.

Synopsis

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After Kit Haverard's father dies, leaving her destitute, she follows her dream of becoming a professional singer.

Reception

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The Lark on the Wing won the Carnegie Medal for books published in 1950.[1]

Kirkus Reviews considered that Kit's "growth as a woman and as a singer is developed with the same warmth that runs through the first book" and noted the character of singing instructor Papa Andreas as being "particularly rememberable [sic]", observing that the "characters tower over the events in their isolated lives."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Scragg, Brenda (September 1994). "Elfrida Vipont: Quaker childrens writer". Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 76 (3): 249–265. doi:10.7227/BJRL.76.3.16. ISSN 2054-9326. Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ "The Lark on the Wing". Kirkus Reviews. 1970-03-01. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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Awards
Preceded by Carnegie Medal recipient
1950
Succeeded by