Grampian Children\u2019s Book Award goes jointly to The Enemy and Grass.\u00a0It\u2019s a librarian\u2019s dream to see so many children showing their enthusiasm for reading. There were more than 500 young people in the audience to hear who had won this year\u2019s Grampian Children\u2019s Book Award.<\/p>\n
The decision is a popular one and children from schools across the north- east greet the news with screams and cheers of approval. It\u2019s refreshing to see books produce such passion.<\/p>\n
This is the seventh annual award open to voters in S1-3 in schools across Moray, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. The youngsters have voted two books into joint first position – Catherine MacPhail\u2019s Grass and Charlie Higson\u2019s The Enemy.<\/p>\n
MacPhail is there and signs copies of her book afterwards: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely over the moon. I can\u2019t explain it – I am so chuffed,\u201d she says, as a long line of teenagers queue up clutching copies of Grass.<\/p>\n
Twelve-year-old Adam Mair from Buckie High in Banffshire is glad that both books are sharing joint first place. \u201cI liked The Enemy because I like a good horror book. Grass was different from what I normally read – I usually read more science fiction and it was more reality-based, so I found it interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe Johnston, 13, from Meldrum Academy in Inverurie, has enjoyed an afternoon listening to extracts from the six shortlisted titles. \u201cIt was a really good atmosphere and a good experience. I read every day. I think this competition introduces kids to other books they might not otherwise have read,\u201d says Chloe.<\/p>\n
A committee of librarians runs the event and children at schools across the region vote for the winner. The other four books that made it to the shortlist of six were Angel Cake by Cathy Cassidy, Wasted by Nicola Morgan, Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grampian Children\u2019s Book Award goes jointly to The Enemy and Grass.\u00a0It\u2019s a librarian\u2019s dream to see so many children showing their enthusiasm for reading. There were more than 500 young people in the audience to hear who had won this year\u2019s Grampian Children\u2019s Book Award. The decision is a popular one and children from schools … Continue reading Grampian Children’s Book Award awarded by S1-3 in schools across Moray, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire<\/span>