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Shortlist announced for first-ever Shropshire Teenage Book Award

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Seven books have been shortlisted for the first-ever Shropshire Teenage Book Award.

Launched this year, the Award is organised by Shropshire Council’s schools library service, and voted for by pupils in Shropshire and Telford schools.

Pupils in the county’s schools have helped the schools library service whittle the original ‘long-list’ of 20 books down to the final seven, which are:

  • Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
  • Thirteen by Tom Hoyle
  • Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
  • Web of Darkness by Bali Rai
  • Smart by Kim Slater
  • Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg-Sloan
  • The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler

The winning book will be announced at an award ceremony in March 2015 .

Ann Hartley, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for children’s services, said:

“This award is a great way to encourage the county’s teenagers to read more, and is their chance to vote for their favourite book of the year. I look forward to finding out the winning book next year.”

To vote, click here to visit the award webpage.