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Burton appears in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature; she won the Carnegie Medal in 1963 and is ranked with Rosemary Sutcliff, Cynthia Harnett and Geoffrey Trease as one of the foremost authors of children's historical literature in the mid-late 20th century. She is particularly important as an example of a more radical approach to children's writing, one which focused on social issues versus the GA Henty, Marryat style. Other topics included agrarian unrest in 19th century England (No Beat of Drum). See https://historicalnovelsociety.org/childrens-historical-fiction-a-personal-assessment/
'Thomas' or 'Beyond the Weir Bridge' is cited as 'her most sensitive novel' and a good example of her style. It was nominated for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1971
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