The debut YA novel SKIN DEEP by Laura Jarratt has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. This is big news in the UK as one of the few major children’s awards, alongside the Carnegie and the Red House Children’s Award.
Here’s some press about the award:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/9866961/Beavis-and-Butt-head-writer-shortlisted-for-Waterstones-Childrens-Book-Prize-2013.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21447191
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/beavis-and-butt-head-writer-shortlisted-for-childrens-book-prize-584703.html
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/beavis-and-butt-head-writer-shortlisted-for-waterstones-children-s-book-prize-2013-1213210.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/14/beavis-and-butt-head-geoff-rodkey-childrens-book-award_n_2683934.html
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/shortlists-revealed-waterstones-childrens-book-prize.html