

Double is also the Valentine's fourth novel to be nominated for the Carnegie Medal, a British literary award that recognizes one excellent new children's or young adult novel annually.ĭouble is set in Valentine's own home town, Hay-on-Wye, a small community in the county of Brecknockshire in Wales. Valentine is a previous winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction for her 2007 debut novel, Finding Violet Park, which was retitled Me, the Missing and the Dead for release in the US in 2008. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īlternately titled The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight, Double is the fourth novel published by British children's/YA novelist Jenny Valentine.

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