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2009 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

The shortlist for the 2009 Southwark Book Award has been announced:

  • Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic
  • Theresa Breslin, Alligator
  • Geoff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Ingrid Lee, Dog Lost
  • Alan Shea, The Amazing Mind of Alice Makin
  • Robert Swindells, The Shade of Hettie Daynes

The books will be available in schools from March. Pupils will read them and vote between then and 26th June. The final events will take place in each secondary in the week 29th June - 3rd July.


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daisy on Diary of a Wimpy Kid:

Daisy:Diary of a Wimpy Kid is the most fatanstic book l have ever red in this fabolous world. VOTE FOR DIARY OF THE WIMPY KID PLEASE?

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Slide Show 2009

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