North East Book Award
Getting, and keeping, young people reading.

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Chris Priestley

Tales of Terror from the Black Ship

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The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman

Coraline – Neil Gaiman

Power of Five series – Anthony Horowitz

Tales of Beedle the Bard – J K Rowling


Sally Nicholls

Season of Secrets

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The Way I See It – Jenny Dryburgh

Life Interrupted – Damian Kelleher

Life on the Refrigerator Door – Alice Kuipers

32CC, That’s Me – Chris Higgins


Chris Bradford

The Way of the Sword (July 2009)

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Sisters of the Sword series – Maya Snow

Samurai Girl series – Carrie Asai

Vampirates series – Justin Somper


Berlie Doherty

Holly Starcross

Daughter of the Sea

The Sailing Ship tree

The Street Child

Granny was a Buffer Girl

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Elizabeth Laird

Beverley Naidoo

Deborah Ellis


Emily Diamand

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Garth Nix

Christopher Paolini

Emma Clayton