![]() I thought this book had an interesting plot and really took you into the book, becoming apart of the character/character's life. He has also won the Leicester Book of the Year, the Stockport Book Award, the Angus Book Award, the Catalyst Award, the Birmingham Chills Award, the Salford Young Adult Book Award and the Salford Librarians' Special Award. He was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 20 and shortlisted twice for the Booktrust Teenage Prize. He was a judge for the 2001 Blue Peter Book Awards. In 2000, he won the Blue Peter Book Award in the category "The Book I Couldn't Put Down" category for Shadow of the Minotaur. ![]() ![]() Gibbons trained to be a teacher in his mid-thirties and starting writing short stories for his students. He began to write for his pupils as a teacher, but never tried to get any of his work published. The family had to move to Crewe, Cheshire where Alan experienced bullying for the first time. His father was a farm laborer, but was hurt in an accident when Alan was eight years old. He currently lives in Liverpool, England, where he used to teach in a primary school. ![]() Alan Gibbons is an author of children's books and a Blue Peter Book Award. ![]()
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