Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace is shortlisted for the Carnegie

01/04/2011 17:02:09
'An extremely powerful novel with a totally believable main character whose moral development and emotional state are compellingly portrayed. The institutionalised brutality of school life is grippingly conveyed too, and the dialogue is always convincing. It makes the reader feel complicit, leading us to question how we would behave in similar circumstances.’
Jason Wallace's debut novel, Out of Shadows, has already won the Costa Children's Book Prize - and now it's been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Book Award! Congratulations to Jason from everyone at Andersen Press.
The CILIP Carnegie judges' comments were as follows: