The Gr8 Book Debate - a message from me

By Candy Gourlay



I was thrilled to hear that Shine was one of the five books chosen for The Gr8 Book Debate, held between Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College, Isambard Community School and Nova Hreod Academy, all in Swindon. Here is a quick message to spur the debaters on for the grand finale on 6 July 2016. Thanks to LRC managers Sarah Day, Stella Rogers and Jacqui Fawcett for the heads up. Have an amazing time, everyone!

UPDATE

And ... Shine won!

Woo hoo! thank you to the young people who read and discussed the books, including: The Bubble Wrap Boy by Phil Earle, Cowboy by GI Gemin, Shine by me, Smart by . And thanks to Book Trust who supplied the titles! Here are some tweets from Isambard School on the day (and an incredibly impressive video - love the part where they announce that Shine won and you hear groans from the dissenters!). So glad there's a video, it's almost as if I was there!





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