Acclaim

Tall Story won the first Crystal Kite Awards for Europe 2011, voted by members of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (woo hoo and thank you, SCBWI!)

Tall Story was listed on The School Library Journal's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011. View the list

Kirkus Reviews included Tall Story in its list of Outstanding Children's Debuts of 2011

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Nominated for the Carnegie Medal. 

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Tall Story was picked for Kindle's Best of the Month, February 2011 ... Best Books for Young Readers. Click on the screenshot to view.

Tall Story has received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist and School Library Journal. See Reviews

Tall Story has been chosen for the Junior Library Guild Selection

The Waterstone's

Children's Book Prize 2011.

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The Blue Peter My Favourite Story Children's Book Prize.

The UKLA Children's Book Prize (12-16 category) View shortlist

The Branford Boase Award. View shortlist

Tower Hamlets Book Prize - also on the shortlist: Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale, Letters from an Alien Schoolboy by Ros Asquith, Vampire Blog by Pete Johnson, Street Heroes by Joe Layburn, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.

Salford Book Prize

Warwickshire Primary Book Prize - also on the shortlist: How Ali Ferguson Saved Houdini by Elen Caldecott, The Maskmaker by Jane Johnson, Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St. John.

Stockport Schools Book Award (Key Stage 2). Also on the shortlist: Billionaire Boy by David Walliams, Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St John, Wishful Thinking by Ali Sparkes.   About the award

Leeds Book Awards (11-14 category). Also shortlisted: The Blackhope Enigma by Teresa Flavin, The Dead by David Gatward, The Dead of Winter by Chris Priestly, Desperate Measures by Laura Summers, The Double Life of Cassiel Roadknight by Jenny Valentine

Hillingdon Secondary School Book of the Year 2011. Also on the list were: Halo by Zizou Corder, The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester, Two Good Thieves by Daniel Finn, The London Murder Mysteries: The Montgomery Murder by Cora Harrison.