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Inky's Choice: Queen of the Night and A Monster Calls

Sep 21,2012
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Voting is now open for the 2012 Inky Awards, and each week Inky's Choice will peek behind the scenes to see what our Inky judging panel loved so much about the shortlisted books.


File 11070Queen of the Night by Leanne Hall

"Strong book. ... The weird urban landscape was original." - James Moloney

"It was really good! ... It made my top 5" - Joe

"I loved 'This is Shyness', and I didn't know if she could do it again...but Hall blew me away with 'Queen of the Night' " - Danielle Binks

 

File 11073A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Art by Jim Kay)

"This book, right here – is stunning. The artwork. The story. The story behind the story with Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd. The whole thing just lodged in my heart and I’m so glad for having read it." - Danielle Binks

"As soon as I got the package, I read the book. One day was all it took because it was so amazing." - Nicole

 

You can also check out our previous behind-the-scenes posts:

On Shift and BZRK;
On Night Beach and The Fault in Our Stars;
On Act of Faith and Why We Broke Up

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