Katie Davies has scooped the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, with her novel The Great Hamster Massacre. The book, which is Katie's debut, is published by Simon & Schuster and gained first place over nine other books including Pat Walsh's The Crowfield Curse and Lucy Christopher's Flyaway.Katy will recieve not only a £5,000 cash prize, but also an ongoing commitment to her writing career from Waterstones nationwide.
According to The Bookseller, Sarah Clarke, Waterstones children's buying manager, said: "The Great Hamster Massacre is a wonderful book and an exciting winner, particularly as this is the first time in the history of the prize that a book written for a younger audience has won. This was the closest competition we've ever had, but in the end Katie Davies' brilliant execution in telling her sweet and funny story won the judges over."
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