Finding Violet Park
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Finding Violet Park is a young adult novel by Jenny Valentine
, first published in 2007. It is about a fatherless teenage boy, Lucas Swain, who finds an urn containing the ashes of the titular Violet Park abandoned in a minicab office and determines to lay her to rest. It was released in America in April 2008, under the title Me, the Missing, and the Dead.
It won the 2007 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award
, and was longlisted for the 2008 Manchester Book Award
and nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal
.
Jenny Valentine is also the author of Broken Soup
, The Ant Colony, and The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight.
Jenny Valentine
Jenny Valentine is a British children's novelist, best known for her award-winning novel Finding Violet Park.-Book history:Her first novel, Finding Violet Park, was published in 2007. It won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The book's success caused...
, first published in 2007. It is about a fatherless teenage boy, Lucas Swain, who finds an urn containing the ashes of the titular Violet Park abandoned in a minicab office and determines to lay her to rest. It was released in America in April 2008, under the title Me, the Missing, and the Dead.
It won the 2007 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award
Branford Boase Award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding novel for young people by a first-time writer.Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books and Henrietta Branford worked together previously to produce a great number of books. Both Wendy Boase and...
, and was longlisted for the 2008 Manchester Book Award
Manchester Book Award
The Manchester Book Award is a project run in Manchester, UK, organised by School Services at the Manchester Library & Information Service; it is funded by the Working Neighbourhoods Fund. The project is currently in its fourth year....
and nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
.
Jenny Valentine is also the author of Broken Soup
Broken Soup
Broken Soup is a children's novel by Jenny Valentine, published in 2008.It was shortlisted for the 2008 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and the 2008 Costa Book Children's Book Award, and longlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize...
, The Ant Colony, and The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight.