Details of Usborne Young Writers Award 2009

The Usborne Young Writers' Award 2009

To celebrate five fabulous years of Usborne Fabulous Fiction, Usborne are offering young writers the chance to write a story with a real author.

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Five authors have started stories - and now they want help finishing them! The winners will receive a trip to Usborne House in London to meet all five authors, plus lots of other great prizes.

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The competition is open to UK children up to and including the age of 14 on 23rd October 2009, the closing date of the award. To enter visit the Usbourne website at: http://www.usborne.co.uk/features/young_writers_award.asp?css=1

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They are asking you to choose one of the story starters (shown on the competition web page)then complete the story in no more than 1000 words (excluding the story starter). See competition web page for full details of how to enter.

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As always please consult with a parent or guardian before entering a competition.

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"Book Recommendation: The Spiderwick Chronicles" by Brandon H, Robartes School

BOOK REVIEW

The Spiderwick Chronicles
by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi

I would recommend the fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles to any self-respecting fantasy fan. It is a great book for pre-teens aged 9-12 and for teens from 13-15.
It is a series of books involving the Grace children; Jared and Simon who are twins, and their teenage sister Mallory.
They undergo a series of fantastical events in which they meet Thimbletack the helpful brownie, Their cat gets kidnapped by goblins, their aunt Lucinda hides a secret, Mallory is abducted by dwarfs and they face the Wrath of Mulgarath.
Look out for moderate uses of very mild language.

The books to collect are:

• The Field Guide
• The Seeing Stone
• Lucinda's Secret
• The Ironwood Tree
• The Wrath of Mulgarath.

Book recommendation written by Brandon H

Age 11, Robartes School