Today pupils gathered for the eagerly anticipated grand final of The Awesome Book Awards 2021.

Over the last few months, 10 enthusiastic and budding readers from both DL and YC, read and discussed the texts shortlisted for the finals. We also scored each of the texts and contributed to the vote for the regional final winner.

The event is run by @CranleighABA and we were once again delighted to take part. We were even more pleased that our winning text corresponded with the regional vote, ‘Malamander’ by Thomas Taylor.