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Witch Child is a historical novel by English author Celia Rees and published in 2000 by Bloomsbury Publishing. It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2001), [1] won two French prizes, the Prix Sorcières (2003). [2] and the Prix Roman Millepages (2002) and in Italy it was runner up for the Cento Literary Prize. [3]
Celia Rees (born 17 June 1949) is an English author. Celia Rees was born in Solihull , West Midlands and attended Tudor Grange Grammar School for Girls . She studied History and Politics at Warwick University and has a PGCE and a master's degree in Education from Birmingham University .
The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives.
The Giver Quartet is a series of four books about a dystopian world by Lois Lowry. The quartet consists of The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012). [1] [2] The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. [3] [4] The story takes place in the world of The Giver. Each book has a ...
Witch Child (2000) by Celia Rees, is a fictional story about a young woman in Puritan New England who was a healer and pagan. ISBN 978-0-7636-4228-0 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1691 ( Dear America Series ) (2004), by Lisa Rowe Fraustino (1961-living), is young ...
The prize was established in 1965 as the "only children's book award made to writers by their fellow authors" [3] (2005 shortlist) and inaugurated by the 1967 award to Leon Garfield for Devil in the Fog (Constable & Co., 1966). Through the 2000 prize, announced 28 March, it recognised one book published in the UK during the preceding calendar year.
Lois Ann Lowry (/ ˈ l aʊər i /; [2] née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937) is an American writer.She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey.
Messenger is a 2004 young adult dystopian novel by American author Lois Lowry, as is the third installment of The Giver Quartet, which began with the 1993 Newbery Medal-winning novel The Giver. The story takes place about six years after the events of The Giver , and the events of Gathering Blue , the preceding novel in the series.