Annal:2007 Batchelder Award

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Results of the Batchelder Award in the year 2007. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:


The Pull of the Ocean

Jean-Claude Mourlevat

On a stormy night, little Yann Doutreleau wakes up his six older brothers, all twins. He lets them know that they must flee their home — or risk being killed by their violent father. Without question, the siblings follow Yann into the wet darkness. And so begins their remarkable odyssey toward the ocean — as well as an unforgettable story of brotherhood.

 

The Killer's Tears

Anne-Laure Bondoux

On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos' farmhouse, he kills the farmer and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo – a young boy who will claim this as the day on which he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile.

 

The Last Dragon

Silvana De Mari

In a post-apocalyptic world, shrouded in darkness and continually lashed by rain, a young elf named Yorsh struggles to survive. When his village is destroyed by the torrential waters, Yorsh finds himself suddenly orphaned and alone - the earth's last elf.

 
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