"a most impressive first novel [in which] Bond deftly blends fantasy and realism...." The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature also praised the characters' growing maturity throughout the story. It has been several times reissued and remains in print. Her fourth book, The Voyage Begun, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her fifth, A Place to Come Back To, was named an ALA Best Books for Young Adults, and the Booklist Editor's Choice. Selected works A String in the Harp, Atheneum (New York, NY) 1976 The Best of Enemies, Atheneum (New York, NY) 1978 Country of Broken Stone, Atheneum (New York, NY) 1980 The Voyage Begun, Atheneum (New York, NY) 1981 A Place to Come Back To, Atheneum (New York, NY) 1984 Another Shore, Macmillan (New York, NY) 1988 Truth To Tell, McElderry Books (New York, NY) 1994 The Love of Friends, McElderry Books (New York, NY) 1997 References External links Nancy Bond papers Interview 1945 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers American women novelists American women children's writers American children's writers American fantasy writers Newbery Honor winners People from Bethesda, Maryland People from Concord, Massachusetts Novelists from Maryland Novelists from Massachusetts Mount Holyoke College alumni 21st-century American women writers