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Explore Book Awards
Welcome to the home page for Wigan’s very
own Explore Book Award!
The Award is now in its third year, and there is a brand new shortlist
now for the 2010 Explore Book Award.
2009 Winner
The winner of the 2009 Explore Book Award
was F.E. Higgins with The Bone Magician. The book was a popular winner,
polling over a third of all votes. We had the opportunity to interview
FE Higgins following her win.
Read the interview on the Explore Book Award newsletter...
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The
Children's Explore Book Award Shortlist 2010 |
Amy Wild, Animal Talker: The Secret Necklace by Diana
Kimpton
Welcome to the world of Amy Wild, where dogs tell their
secrets, cats perform rescue missions, and an entire island
is squeaking and squawking with animal magic! When Amy Wild
goes to live at her great-aunt's tea room on the island of
Clamerkin, Granty, her great aunt, welcomes her with a very
special necklace - a necklace that gives Amy the power to
talk to animals. |
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Zombie! by Tommy Donbavand
Nathan thought he knew all about Zombies… They’re dead.
They like eating brains. But he didn’t know they liked to
party – until he met Jake. Jake’s been dead for 60 years and
his arms keep falling off - but that doesn’t stop him having
a good time. |
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Shark Island by David Miller
Hanna, Ned and their parents are on the holiday of a
lifetime on the paradise island of Kaitan. But the idyll is
shattered when pirates come in the night, burning their
house and kidnapping their mother and father. The children
are stranded, and don't even know if their parents are alive
or dead . . . In this action-packed adventure, there is no
one to help. Survival and escape are up to Hanna and Ned. |
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The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P. Jones
Ovid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill
each other for so long that neither twin can remember which
act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck
first, trying to take each other's lives is simply what they
do. Until one day a lawyer arrives at their house to take
stock of its contents, and his accompanying son attracts
their attention. Soon a new battle evolves - one in which
the twins have to work together to solve the mystery of
their parents' deaths. Can Lorelli and Ovid overcome their
old animosities, and will they ever get to finish that game
of chess? |
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What’s for Dinner, Mr. Gum? by Andy Stanton
Well, Shabba Me whiskers! Mr Gum's back! But what's he
up to this time? Oh, dreadful things my friends, dreadful
things indeed. It seems he's found himself a brand new treat
- rancid kebabs just dripping with dirty grey sauce. And he
just can't get enough of them. He's gotta have more! More!
Less! I mean, More! But not everyone's too happy about Mr
Gum's new dinnertime arrangements and soon the town of
Lamonic Bibber is gearing up for war. Can Polly and her
friends save the town from being torn apart? Will Mr Gum's
hunger ever be satisfied? And who on earth is Thora
Gruntwinkle? |
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The Teen
Explore Book Award Shortlist 2010 |
Pastworld by Ian Beck
Pastworld. A city within a city. A city for excursions and
outings. Pastworld is a theme park with a difference, where
travellers can travel back in time for a brush with an
authentic Victorian past. But what if the Jack the Ripper
figure stopped play-acting and really started killing
people? For Caleb, a tourist from the present day, his visit
goes terribly wrong when his father is kidnapped and he
finds himself accused of murder. |
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Hide
& Seek by Catherine MacPhail
Nicola wants to scare the new girl, Destiny, so she and
her gang stay overnight in the school. Destiny doesn't
realise that all the stories about the school being haunted
are made up. Or are they? |
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Hell’s Heroes by Darren Shan
Expect the unexpected! "The girl gazes up at me. She's
even younger than I thought, clutching a small teddy bear in
one hand. 'Are you the bogey man?' she whispers, eyes round.
'Yes,' I croak, then take hold of her head with my huge,
scarred, blood-soaked hands and crush!" Beranabus and
Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholy alliance with
Lord Loss. Kernel is blind, held on Earth against his will.
Grubbs is mad with grief and spinning out of control. The
demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow
is waiting. Welcome to the end. |
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Nobody’s Girl by Sarra Manning
Bea thinks she's the most boring seventeen-year-old in
the world. She's not pretty or popular or funny, unlike her
mother who had Bea when she was 17. The only glamorous thing
about Bea is the French father who left before she was born
and lives in Paris. She yearns for la vie Parisienne every
moment of her dull existence. So when Ruby Davies, the
leader of her school's most elite clique picks Bea as her
new best friend and asks her to go on holiday with them,
she's wary but delighted. If nothing else it's two weeks
away from her over-protective mother . But when the gang
arrive in Spain, Bea is crushed to realise that Ruby and her
posse have simply been using her... |
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Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire
Something strange is happening in Ellerton High. Phoenix
is the fourth teenager to die within a year. His street
fight stabbing follows the deaths of Jonas, Summer and
Arizona in equally strange and sudden circumstances. Rumours
of ghosts and strange happenings rip through the small
community as it comes to terms with shock and loss. |
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How were the books for the shortlists selected?
We contacted all the publishers we could think of and asked for
submissions. Boxes of books arrived at Libraries HQ and these books were
sent out and read and reviewed by children around the borough. From the
reviews that came in we drew up two shortlists.
How do I vote?
Voting slips will be at your local library or you can download a
copy below.
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Children's Explore Book Award Voting Slip
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Teen Explore Book Award Voting Slip
Completed forms should be returned to your library before the 4th
September 2010.
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