CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Language: Mild Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
Bog Child
By Siobhan Dowd
Publisher
David Fickling
Imprint
David Fickling
ISBN
By Siobhan Dowd
9780385751704
Awards and Honors 2009 Carnegie Medal Winner; Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2008 | 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Children’s Fiction; 2009 ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young AdultsBog Child
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Out of stock
SKU
9780385751704J
Ireland, 1981: Death looms over Fergus's first summer out of high school. His brother, Joey, a convicted member of the IRA, has joined a hunger strike in prison. That same week, while digging for peat in the mountains by his home, Fergus discovers the body of a girl, murdered and buried hundreds of years ago. Soon, the girl, dubbed Mel, is haunting Fergus's dreams, and Fergus is helping an archaeologist and her teenage daughter uncover Mel's story. Author's note. Winner of the 2009 Carnegie Medal.
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Young Adult (Grades 9 & Up)
Young Adult
Young Adult (Grades 9 & Up)
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