Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Shadowing the Carnegie Awards 2007

This half term, Mr Kelly’s Year 8 English class are shadowing the 2007 Carnegie Awards.

The Carnegie Award is a presitgious literary prize given to a children's writer.

The nominees this year are:

Ally Kennen - Beast
Anne Fine - The Road of Bones
Kevin Brooks - The Road of the Dead
Siobhan Dowd - A Swift Pure Cry
Meg Rosoff - Just in Case
Marcus Sedgwick - My Swordhand is Singing

The class will be attending an event with other Islington schools, where the students will decide which book they think should win the prize.

You can read their reviews here:

http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/shadowingsite/group.asp?groupid=388

All of the Carnegie nominated books are available now in the Library!