On Friday night at the Centre For Life in Newcastle, Ally Kennen’s BERSERK won the North-East Teen Book Award in front of a big audience of secondary school students who had voted for their favourite book out of a strong shortlist. Ally spoke brilliantly about her second novel and signed books for 40 minutes for a long queue of enthusiastic teenagers. All the shortlisted authors, two of whom are winners of the Carnegie Medal, were at the event: Mal Peet THE PENALTY, Nicky Singer THE INNOCENT’S STORY, Anne Cassidy INNOCENT (Hodder), Tim Bowler FROZEN FIRE and Sarah Wray THE FORBIDDEN ROOM
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