Our Best Book 2008
Our Best Book
Each year Leicester Libraries run a competition for children in years 5 and 6 in 11 schools throughout the city. The top 5 books (from a long list of 18 books) are chosen. Out of these 5 the winner is chosen to become ‘Our Best Book’.
At the end there is an award ceremony to which the children and their families, plus the Authors are invited.
All the titles are available to borrow from libraries. If you click on the photo you will be taken straight to the catalogue where you can see their availability, locations and reserve items.
The top 5 titles are as follows:
| How Embarrassing is that? By Pete Johnson | |
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Heard of X Factor, well this will be the ouch! Factor. Marks will be awarded to you for everything embarrassing your parents do. How exciting, wonder who will win. Ruby who will win - her parents wear young clothes, think they're her best mates, dad tells awful jokes and now are planning to take part in the school assembly. Can't be happening ..... Stop Them ..... |
| Kat got your Tongue. By Lee Weatherly | |
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"You're Kathy, 'the docyors tell her. But the girl's never heard of Kathy. She just woke up and couldn’t remember who she was, may be its amnesia. |
| BEWARE! Killer Tomato. By Jeremy Strong | |
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"My life in total ruins, and my leg lies in a plaster." Jack's in trouble. Big trouble. Not only is he in hospital (boring) but he knows that the police are coming for him. Because of an accident - a tomato related accident. |
| The Invisible Man's Socks. By Alex Shearer | |
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Have you ever done something that you shouldn't have? ARE YOU SURE? Be careful what you say to that, you are warned, and if you ignore this warning be ready to face the consequences. Museums of Little Horrors Keep your Hands OFF ! |
| Artemis Fowl - Graphic Novel. By Eoin Colfers | |
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Young Artemis Fowl is a criminal genius and the mastermind behind some of the most devious and technologically advanced crimes of this century. This time he is after something a little more, but what? To restore his family fortune, he needs gold – fairy gold. He soon discovers that it is not as simple as he thought, the fairies are armed and dangerous |


