Bog Child
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 336
Published: 2015
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.
There are 336 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2015 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .
Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person.
Carnegie Award
Coming Of Age in literature
Europe in literature
Adventures in literature
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Bisto Book Award - Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Bisto Book Award.
Publishers Weekly Award - Best Children's Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Best Children's Book Of The Year category of the Publishers Weekly Award.
Kirkus Reviews - Best YA
This book was recognised in the Best YA category of the Kirkus Reviews.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
Guardian Fiction Award
This book was recognised by the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Award. This award was founded in 1967 and winners are selected by fellow writers. It is awarded annually to fiction written for children aged eight and above.
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
This book was recognised by the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award.
Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.
Edgar Allan Poe Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Rhode Island Book Awards - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
Amazon Book Awards - Best Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Best Of The Year category of the Amazon Book Awards.
"As a writer, Dowd appears to be incapable of a jarring phrase or a lazy metaphor. Her sentences sing, each note resonates with an urgent humanity of the sort that cannot be faked" * Guardian *
"The work of an outstanding writer" * The Sunday Times *
"A captivating first love affair, a hilarious red herring and profound truths about politics and family add up to a novel set to win awards in the coming year" * Observer *
"An unflinchingly honest and brave novel" * Irish Independent *
"Only two months in, and I may have already found my favourite book of the year. Siobhan Dowd's Bog Child is an astonishing read and the kind of book that holds you in a trance" * The Bookseller *