Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd has been awarded the Carnegie Medal for 2009! The Carnegie Shadowers had chosen either Black Rabbit Summer or Cosmic as their favourite books from the shortlist of seven. However those who read Bog Child (including Mrs Hart and Mrs Henson) loved the book and were hoping that this would be the winner. See the Shadowers' reviews at:
Unfortunately this will be a posthumous award as Siobhan died last year. Before she passed away, she established The Siobhan Dowd Trust. The aim of the trust is to help disadvantaged children improve their skills and experience the joy of reading. It will offer financial support to: public libraries; state school libraries; children in care; asylum seekers; young offenders and children with special needs.
