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YoungMinds Book Award 2007

The winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2007 is Still Here With Me by Swedish author Suzanne Sjoqvist. The award, sponsored by bestselling author Philip Pullman, recognises the role that writers can provide in allowing adults to see the world through children's eyes.

Shortlist

  • Unimagined – Imran Ahmad (Aurum Press)
  • A piece of cake – Cupcake Brown (Transworld Publishers)
  • Prisoner of Tehran – Marina Nemat (John Murray)
  • Still here with me - Suzanne Sjoqvist (Jessica Kinglsey Publishers)
  • The dead of summer – Camilla Way (Harper Collins)
  • The book thief  – Markus Zusak (Transworld Publishers)

Judges

  • Will Self – author and broadcaster
  • Anjula Mutanda – Consultant psychological therapist
  • Stef Penney -  screen writer and award winning author of "The Tenderness of Wolves"
  • Henry Bonsu – journalist and broadcaster
  • Shelley Jofre - investigative journalist with Panorama

For more information on the YoungMinds Book Award contact bookaward@youngminds.org.uk

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