The winner is revealed!

Today a group of Kimbookworms travelled to Comberton Village College to take part in the Carnegie Medal Shadowing Day. Discussion, quizzing, and cake helped to prepare the atmosphere for the awards ceremony which was streamed live from 12.30. A ripple of surprise ran through the audience as the winner was announced (More than this and Tinder had been particular favourites).

Congratulations go to Tanya Landman for her outstanding novel about Charlie, a freed slave girl who joins the American army at the end of the Civil War. Buffalo Soldier is an amazing story, based on the true story of the life of a former slave, Cathy Williams.

As the Chair of the Judging panel said, "This beautifully written, heart breaking and often brutal, novel engages the reader from the very beginning." Read the opening lines here on the Guardian Children's Book site and you too are sure to be hooked.

YALC! Patrick Ness meets Judy Blume and so much more...

Want to see your favourite authors all in the same weekend? Sixty YA authors are going to be at The Young Adult Literary Convention which kicks off at the London Film and Comic Con on 17th July. There are loads of activities and workshops for teenagers and YA Lit fans with talks and discussions about YA themes from horror to mental health.

Patrick Ness will be chatting about everything
Judy Blume-esque to the lady herself on Sat 18 July

Full details are available at http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jun/16/whats-happening-at-yalc-2015-schedule and for more information on how to book tickets go to http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/adults/young-adults/yalc/faqs/

Kindness Day: June 12th

Today is Kindness Day!

Join in with #kindnessday inspired by Wonder. Log on to Movellas for more information.

Library Challenge fun

The 2nd Form have been taking part in a Library Challenge competition over the last 2 weeks and today was the grand final. It was a very close competition but overall winners were 2L whose teamwork and knowledge of the library was superb!

Chris Riddell named as Children's Laureate

Illustrator and author Chris Riddell has been named as the new Children's Laureate, taking over from Malorie Blackman for the next 2 years. Chris says he will post an illustration a day during his time as Children's Laureate. Have a look at some of his best illustrations here or try out the quiz and see how much you know about Chris and his amazing work:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/09/illustrator-chris-riddell-named-uk-childrens-laureate

How well do you know Malorie Blackman?

Malorie Blackman's time as the Children's Laureate is coming to an end. Try out this quiz from The Guardian to see how well you know her books and to celebrate her writing.

World of Norm comic strip challenge

Create a fun comic strip beginning with the line "Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke up and found himself...", and finishing with "Abso-Flipping-Lutely!". The winner will receive a complete set of World of Norm books for themselves and their school as well as a school visit from Jonathan Meres! More details here:

http://www.renlearn.co.uk/take-the-quiz/out-of-norm/