Concorde Book Award 2013-2014

The Concorde Book Award, which is now in its seventh year, exists to celebrate the great fiction being written for secondary students and promote reading for pleasure.   This South Gloucestershire Award has been supported by Bradley Stoke Community School since it began.

Unlike other awards, children choose the books!   A panel of librarians then read the long list over the summer holidays and this year Slated by Terri Terry, Wonder by R. J. Palacio, Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner, Gangsta Granny by David Walliams, The Bonehill Curse by Jon Mayhew and Tom Gates by Liz Pichon were chosen as the best and made it onto the shortlist.

Five schools and two library groups are currently reading the books and will vote for their favourite on World Book Day (March 6^th).   The winning author will be invited to receive their prize at an award ceremony being held at the Bristol and Bath Science Park in March.

The Bristol Evening Post is writing a series of articles on the award, the most recent of which appeared in the paper on Thursday 9^th January.   The Post will also be visiting each school involved and writing a feature on the school s nominated book.   Bradley Stoke Community School s reading group will be talking about Gansta Granny by David Walliams so please keep a look out for our article!

Pictured left to right; Tia Davies 7R, Jennifer Simpson 7O, Thomas Hill 7B, Matthew Barker 7B and Smriti Kumar 7B.   Kalisha Barrett 7B and Alex Giles 7R also attend but were absent on the day the photo was taken.

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