The winners of the Red House book award have been announced, with The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon winning the award for the Younger Readers category, and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness scooping up the award for Older Readers and winning the overall prize for the year.
What is particularly special about this award is that it's voted for entirely by children, so it really is a first-hand reader's choice of winner. I was delighted to see Ness win, as one of my concerns was that few younger readers would be able to access the gut wrenching emotions of his book, which seemed to be the case with our readers here, but it's wonderful to see that they can and do.
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