Worcestershire Teen Book Award (WTBA)
Winner announced
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
The winner of the WTBA 2012 for books
published in 2011 was announced in a full Council Chamber on
22nd March 2012 when the
author Jon Mayhew 
entertained 150 pupils and school librarians, kindly
sponsored by MLS
Rowan Standish-Hayes, Worcestershire's
Young Poet Laureate, composed and read his poem 
(45 KB) in celebration of the event, as
well as his winning entry that earned him his title.
Hanley Castle High School won the quiz
on the shortlisted books.
Benefits of participating in the award
One school developed a reading culture that
was not present previously,
Another converted a group of girls to a
traditional 'boys' writer.
All schools have said that pupils (and some
teachers and librarians) have read books they otherwise would not
have read.
The intention was to stretch our boundaries
and the WTBA has done just that.
Criteria
- titles published from
November one year through to the following October
- aimed at readers aged 11 to
14
- cannot be a sequel.
Pupils vote in school to whittle down to a
shortlist of six.
Books are read over Spring term and votes collated for the final
announcement
Although we encourage pupils to read as many
of the titles as possible, we will accept votes if pupils have not
read the lot, but still get excited by what they have read.
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This page was last reviewed 27 March 2012 at 17:30.
The page is next due for review 23 September 2013.