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A sequal to The Lark in the Morn where Kit Haverard discovered her talent for singing, this book shows Kit determined to pursue her singng career. Fighting against family opposition, upon graduation she decides to set off for London on her own. The city presents its own challenges and from the beginning Kit learns the hard way not to trust everyone who claims to be her friend. Finally, with the help of Papa Andreas, her music teacher, and Terry, a young singer, her life is filled with more than one unexpected surprise. (inside cover description, Holt, Rinehart & Winston ed., 1950)

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The Carnegie Medal for Writing is the oldest prize for children’s books in Britain, awarded since 1937 by librarians for an outstanding book written for children and young people. Its winners run from Arthur Ransome’s Pigeon Post through The Borrowers, Tom’s Midnight Garden and Watership Down to Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights, Neil Gaiman and Patrick Ness, who won it twice in a row. This list collects the winning books by the year the medal was presented, which until 2006 was the year after the book was published.

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