Bairns of Bridgend by Cairine Caskie.
The ten tales of Bairns of Bridgend draw on real characters who lived in and around Bridgend by Allan Water, Dunblane. The young people's adventures reflect the times in which they lived.
The first tale takes place during the Second World War, while others have backgrounds that capture life at various periods during the previous four centuries.
Read about the bairns who went 'tattie howking' in Britain's 'Dig for Victory' campaign, and see how a wee mill half-timer's hard work changed the life of her family.
Follow the weaver's son as he searches for his father working on construction of the Caledonian Railway.
Find out how one family coped in the havoc of a Jacobite incursion, and share in the hopes and fears of a youngster desperately seeking a cure to her mother's dreadful illness.
The idea is delightful - to present a community through stories of its children living there at various times in four hundred years of its history.
Pam Wardell, BBC Scotland
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