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Bog Child is a historical novel by Siobhan Dowd published by David Fickling in September 2008, more than a year after her death. Set during the 1980s in The Troubles of Northern Ireland, it features an 18-year-old boy who must study for exams but Read More..

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Description	Bog Child is a historical novel by Siobhan Dowd published by David Fickling in September 2008, more than a year after her death. Set during the 1980s in The Troubles of Northern Ireland, it features an 18-year-old boy who must study for exams but experiences "his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for the provisional IRA, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog." In flashback and dream there are elements of the murdered girl's prehistoric or protohistoric life and death.Dowd and Bog Child were named winners of the annual Carnegie Medal, recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K.Eccleshare, Julia (25 June 2009). "Dowd, Rayner Win Carnegie and Greenaway Medals". Publisher's Weekly.
Description	Bog Child is a historical novel by Siobhan Dowd published by David Fickling in September 2008, more than a year after her death. Set during the 1980s in The Troubles of Northern Ireland, it features an 18-year-old boy who must study for exams but experiences "his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for the provisional IRA, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog." In flashback and dream there are elements of the murdered girl's prehistoric or protohistoric life and death.Dowd and Bog Child were named winners of the annual Carnegie Medal, recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K.Eccleshare, Julia (25 June 2009). "Dowd, Rayner Win Carnegie and Greenaway Medals". Publisher's Weekly.

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Name	Bog Child
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Authors	Siobhan Dowd
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Genre	Children's historical novel , mystery
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	321 pp (first edition)
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Media_type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
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Isbn	978-0-385-61431-3
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Oclc	759682319
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Publisher	David Fickling (UK, US)
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