Teenager Aniketa to judge national book-for-teenagers award
Published Date:
13 October 2008
A HALIFAX teenager is to judge a national book prize competition.
Aniketa Khushu (pictured), of Heath Lea, Well Head, Halifax, will travel to London to pick the best of six books aimed at teenagers.
The 14-year-old Crossley Heath School pupil wrote a short story, My Great Escape, which was picked from thousands of entrants as a winner of the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Judges Competition.
She said: "My story was about a girl whose parents used to argue a lot and during one argument she sat down at the piano and played a piece and she escaped into her music."
Her prize is a place on the judging panel for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, which recognises and celebrates the best contemporary writing for teenagers.
On November 4 she will travel to London to meet the other judges to choose the winning book. She will return to London on November 18 for the awards.
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13 October 2008 2:26 PM
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