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"That rare, rare thing, a first novel with a sustained, magical and utterly faultless voice. After five pages, I knew she could persuade me to believe anything." Mark Haddon |
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"Daring, wise, and sensitive." People magazine |
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"Powerful and engaging ...a likely future classic." The Observer (UK) |
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"A crunchily perfect knock-out of a debut novel." The Guardian (UK) |
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| Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2004, Branford Boase Award 2005, Michael L. Printz Award 2005, Der Luchs des Jahres Book Prize (Die Zeit and Radio Bremen) 2005, Julia Ward Howe Prize (Boston Authors Club) 2005 | |||
