Joint Schools' Carnegie Tea

It's not about the cake, but it helps! One hundred children from the six secondary schools in Abingdon came together for the launch of our local Abingdon Carnegie Forum. After a brief interactive talk about what makes a good book review, the shadowers from the schools got to know each other by giving their first reactions to the covers, blurbs and opening paragraph of the shortlisted titles.

Group votes:
Most popular title: More Than This
Most popular cover: More Than This
Most popular blurb: Cuckoo Song

Individual votes for the 'Book I would Most like to Read' went jointly to More Than This and Cuckoo Son.

The current shortlist.