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Readers' choices revealed in Scottish Children's Book Awards
Works by Chae Strathie, Janis Mackay and teacher Claire McFall were celebrated at the 2013 Scottish Children's Book Awards on 5 March in front of 800 children and young people.
Peebles High School teacher Ms McFall won the older readers category for her debut novel Ferryman, aimed at 12- to 16-year-olds. The love story opens with a train crash in which heroine Dylan meets the strange Tristan, who takes her on a journey through a desolate wasteland.
Ms McFall said she had been inspired to write a book for young people after taking a group to the awards ceremony a number of years ago. She added that she liked the fact that the children involved were reading the books "because they enjoy them, not to write an essay about them".
The English teacher...