Laura Manivong

Elizabeth C. Bunce: Finalist for William C. Morris YA Debut Award!

lauramanivong

12/8/08 10:36 am

The William C. Morris Award honors a book written for young adults by a first-time, previously unpublished author. The winner will be named Jan. 26, 2009 during the Youth Media Awards at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. 

A Curse Dark As Gold

Elizabeth C. Bunce

published by Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic

(9780439895767)

This supernatural novel retells the story of Rumpelstiltskin, setting it at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and centering it around the life of Charlotte Miller. When the bank wants to repossess her mortgaged mill, Charlotte strikes a bargain with the mysterious Jack Spinner, (a creature who knows the art of turning straw into gold), but then discovers she must free her loved ones from a generations-old curse.


See more on my pal, my peep, my fellow canine enthsusiast, my neighbor, my CP, my inspiration (yeah, I'm fond of her):
elizabethcbunce.livejournal.com
elizabethcbunce.com

Congratulations to all the finalists:
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Absolute Brightness 
by James Lecesne (HarperTeen/Laura Geringer Books)

Madapple
by Christina Meldrum (Knopf, an imprint of Random House)

Me, the Missing, and the Dead
by Jenny Valentine (HarperTeen)

Tags: a curse dark as gold, elizabeth c. bunce

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• kidlit_kim

  12/8/08 05:13 pm (UTC)

  

  Wow. What amazing, awesome news!

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  • lauramanivong

    12/8/08 08:05 pm (UTC)

    

    Yeah, I'm pinching myself...wonder what Elizabeth and the other finalists are doing?

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    • elizabethcbunce

      12/10/08 12:03 am (UTC)

      

      I'm eating rice cakes--what else?
      
      Ok, there was some playing in the snow, too. :)
      
      I can't speak for Cashore, Lecesne, Valentine, or Meldrum, though.

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• janni

  12/8/08 05:54 pm (UTC)

  

  How wonderful!

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  • lauramanivong

    12/8/08 08:06 pm (UTC)

    

    It's a wonderful life, indeed, for these authors!

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• angie_frazier

  12/8/08 07:54 pm (UTC)

  

  These are all great finalists! Very exciting stuff :-)

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  • lauramanivong

    12/8/08 08:04 pm (UTC)

    

    Yep, I can't wait to get my hands on these other four titles. They all sound truly fantastic. I'm soooo behind on reading.

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