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It's that time of year when the field testing of the Sheffield Children's Book Awards is due to start. Hinde House will once again be reviewing all the sections (Picture, Shorter Novels and Longer Novels).

This year we have some great books in all three sections. Indeed Hinde House Students were involved in the selection of the Longer Novels section!

If you want to look at whats on offer from the Awards this year head over to the website or see the Librarian for further details. Please let him know if you're willing to help in the reviews process. We've already got a team together but the more the merrier.

There's a new site for the Book Awards this year. You'll find it here.

This year was a special year for the Awards. It was 20 years since the first award involved a few schools in the city. This year well over 5,000 young people were involved in the field testing of the 18 short-listed books. All the hard work had been doneand the celebration could start.

60 students from Hinde House were part of the 1,500 strong crowd. Which title would win? Which authors would be there? Eventually the noise inside the hall hushed as the awards began. As each winner was announced the winners were greated with wild applause and much stamping of feet.