Recommended Reads
This is a list of books that have been highly recommended for or have featured on the Shropshire Bookfest Book Award shortlists since the project began in 2010. This list also lists books by authors who have been programmed onto the Schools’ Week programmes that have supported their creative writing workshops in primary schools across Shropshire.
‘The Case of the Deadly Desperados’ by Caroline Lawrence
About the book: When desperados kill a preacher and his wife in a small frontier town, their...
‘The Get Rich Quick Club’ by Rose Impey
About the book: Banksy and Baxter are next-door neighbours and business partners with one ambition: to get...
‘Shadow’ by Michael Morpurgo
About the book: When a western dog shows up outside the caves in Afghanistan where Aman lives...
‘Put Out the Light’ by Terry Deary
About the book: This thrilling adventure from bestselling ‘Horrible Histories’ author Terry Deary brings the Blitz to...
‘Divine Freaks’ by Fiona Dunbar
About the book: “Hey, I’m Kitty Slade. Just your average, normal girl, doing, you know, normal stuff. Got a...
‘The Brilliant World of Tom Gates’ by Liz Pichon (WINNER – Book Award 2012)
About the book: Tom Gates is a master of excuses, expert doodler, comic story writer extraordinaire –...
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