The authors were Christopher Edge, Julia Green, Linda Coggin, Tania Unsworth and Ally Sherrick. We were all totally thrilled.”Īs part of the East Sussex Children’s Book Awards, which were held at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, participating pupils were given copies of the short-listed authors’ books to read and write a review on. Bravo!”īennett Memorial’s English and Vocational Media teacher, Vicky Dennett, who runs St James’ Book Club, told the Times: “It was a superb event!Īlly Sherrick gave our performance a standing ovation. I saw my book turned into a play by the super talented St James’ CE Junior Book Club. Meanwhile, Sophia Dennett, who played Tom and won the competition’s Creative Writing prize, said: “I think Black Powder is one of the best books I’ve read.”Âįellow St James’ pupil Esme Thomas scooped the Review Writing Award.Īfter watching the children’s performance, Ms Sherrick Tweeted: “A wonderful thing happened yesterday. Pupil Imogen Thomas, who played the Falcon, said: “We’ve had to work really hard at rehearsals!” The 14 Book Club students who took part in this special dramatisation of Black Powder have been rehearsing it for the past month. Ms Sherrick’s story mixes the facts of the infamous Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 with the fictional tale of a young boy named Tom, who is trying to save his Catholic father from being executed. The Tunbridge Wells students put on a performance inspired by author Ally Sherrick’s Black Powder, one of the featured short-listed books. PUPILS from Years 5 and 6 at St James’ Junior School were invited to perform at the East Sussex Children’s Book Awards ceremony last Wednesday.
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