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Winner of Shropshire Teenage Book Award 2016 to be announced

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An award ceremony will be held at Shirehall in Shrewsbury on Wednesday 9 March 2016 to announce the winner of this year’s Shropshire Teenage Book Award.

Eight books have been shortlisted for this year’s award, which is organised by Shropshire Council’s schools library service, and voted for by pupils in Shropshire and Telford schools.

The shortlisted books are:

  • All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
  • The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle
  • Denton’s Little Death Date by Lance Rubin
  • The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
  • End Game by Alan Gibbons
  • Concentr8 by William Sutcliffe
  • The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew
  • Jekyll’s Mirror by William Hussey

Local secondary school pupils helped to choose the shortlist and have been voting for their favourite book. Librarians have been visiting the schools and working with teachers to promote the shortlist and gain valuable feedback about which books teenagers prefer.

Three of the shortlisted authors – William Hussey, Julie Mayhew and Moira Fowley Doyle – are attending the award ceremony. They will be giving presentations to local pupils about their books and the value of reading. There will also be opportunity for pupils to have their books signed.　

David Minnery, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for children and young people, 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 this year’s winning book.”

This is the second year the Teenage Book Award has been running. Last year it was won by author Bali Rai for his book Web of Darkness.