Nottingham City of Literature's Big City Reads campaign is underway, giving away thousands of free books to young people in the city. We're teaming up to give away one amazing prize. Read on...
Books broaden young people’s horizons, give them an educational leg up, and can even provide big health benefits - but with the cost of living biting, access to books isn't universal. Nottingham City of Literature's Big City Reads campaign attempts to widen access to our city by giving thousands of free books away to young people.
Those four free books are:
- Vern: Custodian of the Universe by Tyrell Waiters, an intergalactic romp starring a protagonist who sets off to clean up ‘black holes, space-time anomalies and galactic ooze’;
- Stand Up Ferran Burke by Steven Camden, a slice-of-life tale about a lonely high schooler that deals with themes like friends, fights, family and food;
- Electric Life by Rachel Delahaye, which follows master gamer Alana as she’s sent deep down to the mysterious city of London Under;
- and Seven Million Sunflowers by Malcolm Duffy, in which teenager Kateryno’s home in Ukraine is hit by a missile, prompting her and her family to set off with determination towards England.
You can read more about Big City Reads here, or go straight to the Big City Reads website for more info on how to get hold of the books.
We've teamed up with Nottingham City of Literature to offer a unique prize in celebration of the campaign: an original Vern: Custodian of the Universe illustration by author and illustrator Tyrell Waiters.
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