Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2008
ISBN 9780385614269 | Hardcover | 321 p. | $16.99 USD
Annotation: Fergus is digging for peat with his Uncle Tally when he finds a murdered child preserved like a mummy the bog. Bog Child serves as two historical novels intertwined together: one of Fergus during the height of the Troubles in Ireland, and one of Mel, the girl murdered and left in the bog, many centuries earlier.
Awards / Honors:
- ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults: 2009
- Carnegie Medal in Literature: 2009
- Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult: 2009
- TAYSHAS High School Reading List: 2010
- USBBY Outstanding International Books - Grades 9-12: 2009
Book Whisper Booktalk: Fergus is trapped between warring factions in Ireland, and can't decide on his future. But none of this matters to him once he finds the body of Mel buried in the peat and begins to unravel the mystery of the murdered Bog Child.
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