| The longlist for the Guardian
Children's Fiction prize has been announced.
This year's judges are: Mark Haddon, winner of last years
award for his book 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time'; Adèle Geras, whose latest novel for
young adults is 'Other Echoes'; and Marcus Sedgwick, whose
most recent novel is 'The Book of Dead Days'. The panel
is chaired by Julia Eccleshare.
The prize was founded in 1967 and past winners have included
Ted Hughes, Anne Fine, Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson.
The shortlist for this year's prize will be published in
September and the winner will be announced on October 9.
Millions
by Frank
Cottrell Boyce
Murkmere
by Patricia
Elliott
Private
Peaceful by Michael
Morpurgo
No
Shame, No Fear by Anne
Turnbull
Last
Train from Kummersdorf by Leslie
Wilson
Kissing
the Rain by Kevin
Brooks
How
I Live Now by Meg
Rosoff
Useful
Idiots by Jan
Mark
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