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Carnegie Longlist
I'm absolutely delighted that Black Heart Blue has been included on the longlist for this year's Carnegie award. Thank you to my nominator!
The longlist is huge and is testament to the number of great children's books being published today; if you're looking for some fabulous reading then have a browse through. I haven't read all the nominated novels (actually, only a few!) so can't make many recommendations. Top of my list at the moment, though, is David Almond's True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, but this may yet change as I read through more of the longlist.
Read on to see the entire list...
"Black Heart Blue" Mix Tape
If I were making a mixtape for Black Heart Blue, here are some of the tunes that'd be on it. Extremely wonderful, sometimes melancholic, songs that I love.
First up, The Black Heart Procession, "When you Finish Me". Gives me chills. Imagining Rebecca at Hephzi's funeral. Cold. White. Alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDnoaIRLFY
Read on for more...
Reviews from Charles Thorp Comprehensive
One of the nicest things about being published is hearing from enthusiastic readers. A couple of weeks ago, Beth Kahil from Charles Thorp Comprehensive School got in touch to tell me that the school reading group had read Black Heart Blue and that they'd loved discussing it. She also sent me her own review and those of some of her students. So, I'm posting some of their comments here - thank you so much Annie, Sam and Beth! You made my day.
I was a bit tentative when I first started this book because it is very dark and mysterious but I was hooked from the first few pages! I could not put it down! This book is emo-tional. At times I felt like crying along with Hephzi and I ached inside for Rebecca. Their Mother was too filled with hatred to care what happened to them and their Father was even worse. I got so angry at the Father because the twins didn’t deserve any of what they got. The book is written so that not every tiny detail is explained but that’s good because you sort of got it anyway. Every time the girls were beaten I felt like I had been hit, their pain was so excellently described. As disturbing as this book is, it is also one of the best books I have ever read.
Annie Dab - Year 8
