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Grampian Children's Book Award

The 2012 shortlist is here!

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Blackman, Malorie - Boys Don’t CryBlackman
Dante has plans – university and a career as a journalist. He’s just waiting for his exam results. Then something happens that changes everything. His ex-girlfriend arrives unexpectedly with a baby girl. His baby. He agrees to look after the baby for a few hours but his ex never comes back. How does he explain this to his dad? His brother? What about university? Dante now has responsibilities he never dreamed of.

 


Clough, Caroline - Red Fever
CloughA terrible virus has wiped out much of the human population and Scotland is now a wasteland, overrun by wild dogs. Toby’s little sister Sylvie is dangerously ill and his family set out on a boat along the Aberdeenshire coast in desperate search of medicine. Along the way, they must battle for food, outwit pirates and stay one step ahead of the ever-more powerful dogs.

 

 

Dogar, Sharon - Annexed
DogarEveryone knows about Anne Frank, and her life hidden in the secret annexe - or do they? Peter van Pels and his family are locked away in there with the Franks, and Peter sees it all differently. He's a boy, and for a boy it's just not the same. What is it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, to hate her and then find yourself falling in love with her? To know you're being written about in her diary, day after day?

 

 

KennenKennen, Ally - Quarry
When he receives anonymous texts challenging him to bizarre dares Scrappy’s sure one of his mates is having a laugh. But the unknown sender cannot be a friend as the challenges become increasingly dangerous. Someone knows all the secrets of Scrappy’s troubled family and is luring him into a deadly trap.

 

 

Ryan, Chris - Agent 21
RyanWhen Zak Darke’s parents die in an unexplained mass murder he’s left alone in the world. That is until he’s sought out by a mysterious man who works for an unknown agency. Zak becomes Agent 21. What happened to the 20 agents before him he’ll never know. What he does know is that his life is about to change forever.