The Surrey Book Awards 2010 Shortlist
The six shortlisted titles are:
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Illustrated by Chris Riddell
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Price: £6.99 
ISBN: 9780747594802

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Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.
He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a
graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts.

 The Graveyard Book
By Royal Command
By Royal Command
by Charlie Higson
Penguin Paperbacks
Price: £6.99
ISBN: 9780141322056

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Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eaton.
But James is under surveillance...

  By Royal Command
Flood Child
Flood Child
by Emily Diamand
Chicken House Paperbacks
Price: £6.99
ISBN: 9781906427429

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England has changed for ever: much of it is under water. Worse, bloodthirsty reavers prowl the shores, and when they kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter it looks like war...

Flood Child
Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant
The Faceless Ones
by Derek Landy
HarperCollins Paperbacks
Price: £6.99
ISBN: 9780007302161

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You've seen it all before: some bad guy wants to bring about the end of the world, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie fight valiantly to stop it happening. A few people get hurt, sure, but everything's all right in the end. Well, not this time.

Skulduggery Pleasant
Percy Jackson
Percy Jackson
and the Battle of the Labyrinth
by Rick Riordan
Penguin Paperbacks
Price: £6.99
ISBN: 9780141321271

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As the son of a Greek god, I've had my share of near-death disaster. This summer, I didn't choose to battle the cheerleading squad, but when two hissing she-devils with fangs are heading straight for you, what's a half-blood meant to do?

Percy Jackson
Chains
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Price: £6.99
ISBN: 9780747598060

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Isabel and her sister, Ruth, are slaves who in a horrible twist of fate are sold to a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons. Having lost their mother, Isabel vows to protect her younger sister and keep hold of the one important thing in their lives — hope.

Chains

You can download the shortlist order form to buy all the above titles 
at a special discount from here.

To download the longlist order form, please click here.

All schools in the Surrey area are invited to read and vote for their
favourite shortlisted book -
the closing date is 30th April 2010.
Competition (*)
Students may enter any one of the following categories:
1. Design a poster to advertise one of the books.
2. Write an alternative blurb for the book jacket (maximum of 200 words).
3. Write an alternative ending to one of the shortlisted books.

The Surrey Book Awards was set up by a group of Surrey schools.
To vote, enter the competition and for details about how to add your school to
the group, as well as any other information, please contact
:
HELEN HODGE, email:
hhodge@nescot.ac.uk

(*) schools wishing to enter this or any other competition will be asked for a one-off £10 entry fee.
Voting and use of the shortlist for school activities is free.