The longlist for the Branford Boase award has been announced.  The British award was started 15 years ago and is awarded to the author of an outstanding debut book and their editor.  The shortlist for the award will be announced on May 4th with the winner to be announced in July.  Here are the title in the longlist:

  

Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret by DD Everest

Bone Jack by Sara Crowe

Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

  

Broken Strings by Maria Farrer

City of Halves by Lucy Inglis

Cowgirl by Giancarlo Gemin

  

Dandelion Clocks by Rebecca Westcott

The Dark Inside by Rupert Wallis

The Executioner’s Daughter by Jane Hardstaff

  

Half Bad by Sally Green

Leopold Blue by Rosie Rowell

Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall

  

A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson

Shadow of the Wolf by Tim Hall

Trouble by Non Pratt

  

True Fire by Gary Meehan

Valentine Joe by Rebecca Stevens

The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss