Winner Announced of the 2020 Costa Children's Book Award

The Costa Book Prize is awarded each year and celebrates the most "enjoyable" books.  There are five categories - debut novel, adult novel, biography, poetry and children’s novel - and the winners are then put forward for the Costa Book of the Year, to be announced on 26th January 2021.

This year's winner of the children's novel is Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant.  Set just after World War I, it tells the story of two orphans and their epic journey across the Channel in a narrowboat.  Previous Costa Books of the Year include Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan, The Skylark's War by Hilary McKay and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. 

All of these books are available to borrow from the Library.