Gillian Cross wins book award

Congratulations to Gillian Cross, an OLA favourite, who has been awarded the Little Rebels children's book award for her book After Tomorrow. This is the second year of the prize, which recognises children's fiction for readers aged 0-12 which promotes social justice.

Money is worthless. Armed robbers roam the streets. No one is safe. Matt and his little brother, Taco, escape through the Channel Tunnel. Their mother said they would be safe on the other side, but she was wrong. This is a gripping thriller, which was inspired by the organisation CORD, an international peacebuilding, relief and development organisation working with people affected by conflict worldwide.

News report and review here.
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100 books to read in a lifetime

These lists are always fascinating. Amazon has just published '100 books to read in a lifetime. The list is arranged by the following categories:
Just Begun: Children's Books
Moving On: Older Children and Young Adults
Approachable Classics
Something More Modern
Classics: Nineteenth Century and Earlier
Explore Alternative Worlds
Contemporary Fiction
Twentieth Century Classics
Nonfiction Essentials
See it here.

Previously the BBC Book List Challenge kept readers absorbed.
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books on this list. The average Goodreads member has read 23 out of 100 books on this list — how many have you read? See the list here.