Red House Winner 2015

Red House children's book award 2015 winner announced

Sophie Mckenzie’s Split Second was awarded winner of the Books for Older Readers category.

Carnegie

The books longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal:
 

My Brother's Shadow by Tom Avery (Andersen Press)
Us Minus Mum by Heather Butler (Little Brown, Young Readers)
When Mr. Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan (Bloomsbury)
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury)
The Company of Ghosts by Berlie Doherty (Andersen Press)
The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)
Tinder by Sally Gardner (author) and David Roberts (illustrator) (Orion Children's Books)
Monkey and Me by David Gilman (Templar)
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children's Books)
The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird (Macmillan Children's Books)
Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman (Walker Books)
Scarlet Ibis by Gill Lewis (Oxford University Press)
The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughrean (Usborne Books)
Hello Darkness by Anthony McGowan (Walker Books)
More Than This by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
Close Your Pretty Eyes by Sally Nicholls (Marion Lloyd Books)
Trouble by Non Pratt (Walker Books)
Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff (Penguin Books)
Smart: a Mysterious Crime, a Different Detective by Kim Slater (Macmillan Children's Books)
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Electric Monkey)

Teen Scholastic Book Club

The latest edition of the Scholastic Teen Book Club is out.  Choose from the latest Holly Smale, Geek Girl series.

Or are you a Wimpy Kid fan?
Place your order directly online or hand in the order form at the Library.
World Book Day is on March 5th and the £1.00 book token you receive may be used with the book order.