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The Ghosts of Heaven

Marcus Sedgwick

First published October 2014
Type Novel

Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.

Shortlisted in the Children's Book category at the 2014 Costa Awards. (wikipedia)

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2016 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 2014 Cover The Ghosts of Heaven Indigo Novel
October 2014 Cover The Ghosts of Heaven Orion Children's Books Novel
January 2015 Cover The Ghosts of Heaven Roaring Brook Press Novel 1
January 2015 Cover The Ghosts of Heaven Roaring Brook Press Novel
March 2015 Cover The Ghosts of Heaven Indigo Novel
October 2016 Cover The Ghosts of Heaven Square Fish Novel