Helen Griffiths
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Description
Born in London, brought up in West Yorkshire, and living some 20 years in Spain before finally settling in Bath, a city totally unknown to her before her arrival there, these very different places forged her writing career as well as her character. She has worked as a cow girl, a secretary, and a teacher of English as a foreign language among other things, as well as writing books and being a wife and mother. Also writes as Helen Santos
Books
Just a Dog
Follows the adventures of a mongrel dog that alternately experiences human kindness and cruelty until she at last finds a loving home.
Russian blue
Struggling to keep the valuable but injured cat he has grown to love, a ten-year-old's life becomes a mixture of deception and devotion.
Running wild
A young boy living with his grandparents faces a dilemma when his dog has a second litter of puppies that his grandparents cannot let him keep.
Rafa's dog
A Spanish child who befriends a stray dog finds that relationship helpful when tragedy strikes his family.
Moshie cat
Describes the painful adventures of a kitten as he learns to get along in a world that is frequently a cruel and frightening place.
The wild horse of Santander
Blinded by illness, a young Spanish boy renews his confidence and recognition of life through his love for a mare he raises from a foal. When a delicate operation restores his sight and a tragedy destroys his mare, the boy faces anew the world of sight and leaves for the past the magic and faith of his years of blindness.
The dog at the window
A lonely young girl develops such an intense attachment to a neighbor's dog that everything and everyone else in her life takes second place.
Dancing horses
In post-Civil-War Spain, Francisco comes to love the golden colt Gavilan, who hates people, and dreams of the day they will become stars of rejoneo, the art of mounted bullfighting.
Stallion of the sands
Pursued by many men who covet his beauty, an albino stallion escapes to a coastal island where he is found and claimed by a lonely boy.
The mysterious appearance of Agnes
A small child who mysteriously appears in a remote sixteenth-century German village develops into an emotionally disturbed mute and is accused of witchcraft.
Blackface stallion
Follows the life of a wild horse living in the desert of northern Mexico as he grows from a foal to a magnificent stallion with a herd of his own.
Grip, a dog story
A young boy experiences conflicting loyalties for his father, a breeder of generations of champion fighting dogs, and the playful pup he loves so much.