As part of our series focusing on the Cheshire Schools' Book Award 2023 shortlist, Rosie discovers the beauty and the fury of Melinda Salisbury's Her Dark Wings. Melinda Salisbury’s Her Dark Wings, nominated in the Older Age category for the Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023, is an enchanting tale that reimagines the power of Greek … Continue reading Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury
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Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Gay Club! by Simon James Green
Will you be voting for Barney Gay Club! as your winner in the older age category of the Cheshire Schools' Book Award 2023? In our latest post spotlighting books on the CSBA23 shortlist, Rosie delves into the murky world of fake dating, political bribery, and dead (?) guinea pigs with Simon James Green's election-winning comedy. … Continue reading Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Gay Club! by Simon James Green
Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Resist by Tom Palmer
Continuing our look at the Cheshire Schools' Book Award 2023 shortlist, Rosie goes back in time with Tom Palmer's Resist. Printed in dyslexia-friendly text for children aged around 10 and over, this Cheshire Schools Book Award 2023 nominee for the Younger Age Category is a fantastically moving and informative historical adventure based on the real … Continue reading Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Resist by Tom Palmer
Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick
As part of our Cheshire Schools' Book Award 2023 celebrations, Rosie reviews shortlisted book Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick. Better watch out for those spiders… Jennifer Killick’s Dread Wood, nominated in the Younger Age category for the Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023, is a terrifying middle-grade novel about a group of high school students unexpectedly … Continue reading Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023: Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick
Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023
The students have voted. The shortlists have been confirmed. The books have arrived. So. Many. Books. This can mean only one thing… it’s time for the Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023! We would like to thank all the secondary students across Cheshire, Warrington and Halton who nominated books for the shortlist. From spooky shenanigans in … Continue reading Cheshire Schools’ Book Award 2023
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