Author Ali Sparkes has scooped the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, which was announced this afternoon on the show. Her novel, Frozen in Time, tells the tale of two children who are cryonically frozen for fifty years and are brought back to life in the present day, setting out on an adventure whilst trying to get used to life in the twenty-first century.The book was selected from a shortlist of books by authors including Frank Cottrell Boyce (for his book Cosmic), Emily Gravett (Spells) and Harriet Goodwin (The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43).
According to the Guardian, Frozen In Time was also awarded the Book I Couldn't Put Down prize. The Book of the Year award is judged by a panel of young readers.
Ali Sparkes said: "I think if you asked any children's author which they thought was the most important prize for children's books, it's highly likely they would say the Blue Peter prize," she said.
"Not only does it have a big TV audience, which is important, but well, it's Blue Peter! You can talk about Carnegie, and Kate Greenaway, you can talk about Smarties - but everyone immediately understands about the Blue Peter prize."
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