Belated conveyance of the Portsmouth Book Award result. The winners were:
LONGER NOVEL
(as judged by 133 Y8/9 pupils from ten Portsmouth secondary schools)
Private Peaceful by Michal Morpurgo
SHORTER NOVEL
(as judged by 1055 Y5 pupils from twenty Portsmouth junior and primary schools)
Grow Up, Dad! by Narinder Dhami
PICTURE BOOK
(as judged by 1076 Y1 pupils from twenty-one Portsmouth infant schools)
Jennifer Jones Won't Leave Me Alone by Frieda Wishinsky ill Nea Layton
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