Jackdaw Summer

Author(s): David Almond

September highlights 2009

From the winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal comes an extraordinary new novel ...

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BACKLIST REVIEWS: 'Almond manages to make a work of art out of the simplest words.' -- Amanda Craig, The Times 'a master novelist' -- Independent 'There really is nobody quite like Almond writing in children's or adults' fiction today.' -- The Times 'a writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness.' -- Times Educational Supplement 'David Almond's novels all have a unique, mystical thread running through them. He weaves a story web, spiderlike, that holds the reader spellbound while he spins new though-threads on universal themes.' -- Carousel 'David Almond is a fine writer, one of the very finest we have. He is simply incapable of writing a bad sentence.' -- Michael Morpurgo 'One of these days, someone is going to notice that David Almond has been kidnapped by children's publishing and demand him back for adults. But until then, we must rejoice in every new offering of his.' -- Sunday Telegraph

David Almond is twice winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. His first novel, SKELLIG, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal. His second, KIT'S WILDERNESS, won the Smarties Award Silver Medal, was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Award. THE FIRE-EATERS won the Whitbread, the Smarties Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and his most recent novel, CLAY, was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award, and the Carnegie Medal. David is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children's authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world. He lives with his family in Northumberland. www.davidalmond.com

General Fields

  • : 9780340881996
  • : Hachette Children's Books
  • : Hodder Children's Books
  • : 0.22
  • : March 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 15mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : David Almond
  • : Paperback
  • : 7-Sep
  • : 823.92
  • : 240
  • : Fiction