Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist announced

September 20, 2010

Eva Ibbotson’s The Ogre of Oglefort has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

The Ogre of Oglefort (Macmillan) is a story about a hag, a troll, a wizard and an orphaned boy’s adventure to rescue a princess from an ogre.

The shortlist of four also includes Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes, Now by Morris Gleitzman and Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver. The winner will be announced on October 8th.