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The Blue Book of Nebo WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE 2023 MEDAL FOR WRITING

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Gwion was a thief, going from empty house to empty house looking for food and clothes and plants for the garden of his stolen house. He’d been into hundreds of homes, he said, but I was the first person that he saw. Read our Get to Know the Author flyer for further information about Manon Steffan Ros and The Blue Book of Nebo. See also our Authors of the Month writing in Welsh.Dylan and his mother, Rowenna, are isolated survivors of a nuclear war. They struggle to negotiate the challenges of living off the land and being self-sufficient and the resulting impact that their new lifestyle has upon their mental health. An engaging story of how two very different people develop strategies and adapt to the responsibilities of ensuring their family’s safety and survival. I’ve always carried a fear of some unnamed disaster, and so I think it was only a matter of time until I attempted to write that fear out of my system. My parents were activists- although I doubt very much that they’d identify themselves that way- and I used to attend a lot of protests when I was very young, some of them for CND. I developed a real fear of nuclear disaster, and so this book is about me facing that fear and imagining not only the huge, significant changes that this would mean, but how it would affect the minute details of our relationships.

And even though I was hardened and cold and suspicious, I couldn’t help but smile at Gwion. Jesus Christ on the A487. For 100 years, Scholastic Corporation has been encouraging the personal and intellectual growth of all children, beginning with literacy. Having earned a reputation as a trusted partner to educators and families, Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, a leading provider of literacy curriculum, professional services, and classroom magazines, and a producer of educational and entertaining children’s media. The Company creates and distributes bestselling books and e-books, print and technology-based learning programs for pre-K to grade 12, and other products and services that support children’s learning and literacy, both in school and at home. With 15 international operations and exports to 165 countries, Scholastic makes quality, affordable books available to all children around the world through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online. CILIP is a registered charity, no. 313014. The Youth Libraries Group (YLG) is a special interest group of CILIP who work to preserve and influence the provision of quality literature and library services for children and young people, both in public libraries and school library services.Set in North Wales following a nuclear explosion, The Blue Book of Nebo is surprisingly different from most post-apocalytpic novels. It’s entrancing and beguiling and full of life. Together Dylan and his mother Rowenna tell a wonderful and gripping story.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy

The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing is awarded annually to a children’s book author whose writing creates an outstanding reading experience. It was established in 1936 in memory of the Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919).

First written and published in Welsh, Llyfr Glas Nebo won the Prose Medal at the 2018 Eisteddfod and the triple crown of prizes at the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award: the Aberystwyth University Fiction Award, the People’s Choice Award and the Welsh-language Overall Winner. It has since been translated into a number of languages including French, Arabic, Catalan, Spanish, Polish and English, where it has also been published in the US. Our house is in a dead place. What I mean is, it’s in the middle of nowhere, and no one ever comes here. Well, almost no one. In the olden days, an elderly couple lived in the house called Sunningdale, which is about seventy-eight steps from our house. They went away soon after The End, same as everyone else.

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