Leeds Book Awards Shortlist Announced

Shortlist for 11-14 year old category

Rhiannon Lassiter - Bad blood

Michael Morpurgo - Alone on a wide wide sea

Roderick Gordon - Tunnels

John Boyne - The boy in the striped pyjamas

Jenny Valentine - Finding Violet Park

Pauline Francis - Raven Queen

The next 'Teen Reads' session will be Saturday 26th January and we will be starting to look at some of the titles shortlisted for the new 'Leeds Book Awards.' The shortlist will be announced on 6th December.

Shattering glass by Gail Giles

This is deeply scary and psychological book. From its beginning to its brutal horrifying climax, it builds suspense as we see Simon Glass turn from class nerd and joke to one of the most popular people in the school. But the transformation unlocks something in Glass and will lead to him to discovering a terrible secret about rob king popular and the mastermind behind Simon’s transformation.

Shattering glass is a wonderful read full of deep characters and personal agendas. 5/5



My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick.

Set in the middle of winter this book tells the story of Peter and his father Tomas and the unquiet zombie like creatures that are terrorising Chunst, the village where they work. 3.5/5