Anthony McGowan talks about Rook from CILIP CKG Children’s Book Awards on Vimeo.
We Are All Made Of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Shortlist
Meet Stewart. He’s geeky, gifted and sees things a bit differently to most people. His mum has died and he misses her all the more now he and Dad have moved in with Ashley and her mum. Meet Ashley. She’s popular, cool and sees things very differently to her new family. Her dad has come out and moved out – but not far enough. And now she has to live with a freakazoid step-brother.
The Dogs by Allan Stratton
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Shortlist 2016
“It’s about ghosts and terrifying danger and going mad all at once. I didn’t know what was real and what was imagined until the very last page. I loved it!” MELVIN BURGESS
Time Travelling With A Hamster by Ross Welford
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award.
Has a great opening: “My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve.”
Extremely clever and totally engaging. The Irish Times