Books and Biscuits

What is the link between Nobody Owens, a boy growing up in a graveyard; Rowan, a disturbed young boy; Fever Crumb, who is being raised by engineers; and Sal, a slave in revolutionary America? They are all book characters who have taken temporary residence in Junior House this term.

These characters have come from the shortlist of books nominated for the Carnegie Medal this year – an annual prize awarded by children's librarians to an outstanding fiction book for children and young people. The medal has been running for over 70 years and the shadowing programme has been established recently to engage readers across the country in new fiction.

For the first time this year, 20 Junior House girls have formed a reading group called ‘Books and Biscuits' to shadow the judging panel. Taking a well-deserved break from their prep or revision, the boarders have been enjoying this diverse range of fiction and submitting online reviews. Anna reports, “We meet every Monday evening up in house to share book recommendations and biscuits – which is nice!”. We would like to encourage the entire Wycombe Abbey community to follow our progress and enjoy our reading recommendations.

The judging panel will announce their winner on Thursday 24 June – preceded by our own winner's announcement at a drinks reception in Fisher Library on Monday 21 June.

By Mrs Storer with contributions from Francesca and Anna, UIII

Junior House enjoying their books!