Welcome to the Award website

The first ever Westminster Book Award was launched on World Book Day, 4th March 2010. Between March and June, Year 6 and 7 pupils in Westminster schools read a shortlist of six books and voted for their favourite.

The award is designed to show pupils that reading is a sociable activity to be enjoyed with friends at school and online, and also to make the move to secondary school an easier one for Year 6s and 7s.

DOG DAYS WINS 2010 AWARD

The winner of the 2010 award is Jeff Kinney's Dog Days (Diary of A Wimpy Kid series). Joe Craig entertained students from St Augustine's High, St George's and Barrow Hill at the finale ceremony held on 6th July 2010 at Westminster Central Library. You can view photos from the event in our Photo Gallery. Please don't forget to complete the "after" survey so we can find out what you thought about the Award!

On the 2010 shortlist were:

• Dog Days, the latest in the hugely popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
• The Graveyard Book, the story of a boy who is raised and educated by ghosts in a graveyard
• The Set Up, a thriller about genetically modified teenagers with special powers
• Don't Call Us, about a boy who refuses to cave in to peer pressure
• Tales of Terror from the Black Ship, a set of hair-raising short stories told on a dark and stormy night
• Cosmic, the tall tale of a twelve-year old who ends up in space

On the website you can:

• Read reviews and comments about the books made by other pupils in Westminster schools
• Write your own comments and have them published here on the site
• Test your knowledge of the books by trying one of our exclusive quizzes
• Find out more about the authors on the website links page
• Find out what award-related events and activities are going on

We hope you enjoy reading the shortlist, adding your comments and voting for your favourite!