Year 7 reading team with author Nicola Davies
Forget the Man Booker Prize or the Blue Peter Book Awards, the honour every children’s author wants has been announced today at Oathall.
Our Year 7 reading team has named Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child from a nine-strong shortlist selected by the county’s school library service. Their choice matched those of students from across the county, who also picked the book as the winner of the West Sussex Children’s Book Award.
Our student judges each read as many of the nine shortlisted books as possible and met author Nicola Davies as part of the judging process. They then met to discuss their opinions before deciding on Lauren Child’s story of a teenage detective as the winner.
The Year 7 reading team is Kie Baker, Andrew Galt, Darcey Gee, William Gordon, Paige Martin, Priya Murugaiyan, Eve Mustin, Imogen Pickering, Nathaniel Van den Dolder, Harry Woodington, and Eithne Yates-Kneen.
The award announcement was part of a flurry of activity in school to mark World Book Day. Every student has been given a £1 book token to encourage them to buy a book and enjoy reading.
Our library has launched a new chapter of its own by starting a book blog, which can be found online at occbookblog.blogspot.co.uk, to showcase the books, computers and support that students can find at the library to get the most out of it.
