Critical Reception
The String in the Harp was named a Newbery Honor Book, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book in 1977. It received the International Reading Association Award and the Welsh Arts Council’s Tir na n’og for the best English-language children’s book about Wales. Called it "a most impressive first novel, Bond deftly blends fantasy and realism…", the University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature also praised the character's growing maturity throughout the story. Her second book, The Voyage Begun, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. A Place to Come Back To was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and the Booklist Editor's Choice.
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