BRANFORD BOASE 2007 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 2nd May 2008

The six shortlisted books for the 2007 Branford Boase Award are announced today. The winner of last year’s award was Siobhan Dowd, for her wonderful novel A Swift Pure Cry, which joined previous BBA winners Marcus Sedgwick and Kevin Brooks on a starry Carnegie Medal shortlist over which Meg Rosoff, also a BBA winner, ultimately triumphed.  Very sadly, Siobhan Dowd died not long after receiving the Branford Boase award in circumstances which echoed those of Henrietta Branford and Wendy Boase in whose memory the prize was founded.

The judging panel, chaired by Julia Eccleshare,  included Trish Beswick, Bookselling Consultant; Ian Dodds of the Youth Libraries Group;  Nikki Gamble, Educational Consultant and Editor of Write Away; and Linda Buckley-Archer, author of Gideon the Cutpurse, which was Highly Commended for last year’s award.

The six books on the shortlist are:

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke, edited by Averil Whitehouse and published by Walker

Nathan Fox by L  Brittney, edited by Rachel Denwood and published by Macmillan

Waves by Sharon Dogar, edited by Barry Cunningham and published by Chicken House

Before I Die by Jenny Downham, edited by David Fickling and published by David Fickling Books

Door of No Return by Sarah Mussi, edited by Beverly Birch and published by Hodder

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine, edited by Stella Paskins and published by HarperCollins

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