Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Bestsellers make impact on eclectic longlist
"The rising popularity of children's books with adult appeal can also be seen in the list. Sonya Hartnett, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction prize for Thursday's Child, is nominated by three Australian libraries for her tender tale of childhood, Of A Boy. Isabel Allende, the magical realist Chilean author, is picked by a library in her native country for City of the Beasts, an adventure story set in the Amazon featuring two teenagers. Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord gets a German vote... ..."
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