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It includes
Shuggie Bain by the Douglas Stuart. In addition to being her store s best seller it was also the 2020 Booker Prize winner.
Also on the list is
Luckenbooth by another Scottish novelist Jenni Fagan, while
Snow and the Works on the Northern Line by Ruth Thomas makes up the top three.
For kids, she has selected
Arlo the Lion Who Couldn t Sleep by Catherine Rayner,
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter and the
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas.
An estimated 200 million print books were sold in the UK last year, according to book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan, the highest number since 2012.
Book review by Steve Bennett
Helen Rutter’s debut novel, about an 11-year-old boy with a stammer who wants to become a stand-up, was inspired by her own son’s difficulties with speech.
But, really, The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, will resonate with every pre-teen who feels there’s something different about them which makes it difficult to fit in at school. And there are a lot of youngsters like that.
We meet Billy Plimpton as he faces the terrifying prospect of going to secondary school, away from the people who know him and his stammer. His survival plan is to get through each day without uttering a word, until the miracle cure he’s sure is out there will fix his speech once and for all.
Book review by Steve Bennett
Helen Rutter’s debut novel, about an 11-year-old boy with a stammer who wants to become a stand-up, was inspired by her own son’s difficulties with speech.
But, really, The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, will resonate with every pre-teen who feels there’s something different about them which makes it difficult to fit in at school. And there are a lot of youngsters like that.
We meet Billy Plimpton as he faces the terrifying prospect of going to secondary school, away from the people who know him and his stammer. His survival plan is to get through each day without uttering a word, until the miracle cure he’s sure is out there will fix his speech once and for all.