'Leopold Blue' wins Branford Boase

Rosie Rowell [pictured] and her editor Emily Thomas have won this year’s Branford Boase award for little-known YA novel Leopold Blue (Hot Key Books). The award, which is given annually to the author and editor of an outstanding debut novel for children, is a work of “originality, power and intelligence”, said chair of the judges Julia Eccleshare. “The characters and setting are brilliantly observed and described… The background gives it particular depth and it transcends the coming-of-age genre.” Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]

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