This has been our most successful year to date with 45 schools from around Essex, Thurrock and Hertfordshire joining us in reading our fantastic shortlisted books.
Participation and engagement was the best ever as well!
JBA in Numbers
254
Book reviews submitted on our JBA forum
90
Students attended our drama workshop launch at Great Baddow High School
60
Students attended our book trailer workshop run in conjunction with IntoFilm
344
Votes received for Book of the Year.
350
and 5 of our shortlisted authors were due to attend our Award ceremony at St John Payne School on 18th March 2020.
JUNIPER BOOK AWARDS
Best Book Review Awards
The Haven by Simon Lelic
WINNER: Matilde from New Hall School
Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari
WINNER: Eshaal from Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Cosmic Atlas of Alfie Feet by Martin Howard
WINNER: Frank from Great Baddow High School
The Boy Who Lied by Kim Slater
WINNER: Rebecca from The Sweyne Park School
The Dog Who Saved the World by Ross Welford
WINNER: Matthew W. from King Edward Grammar School
The Closest Thing to Flying By Gill Lewis
WINNER: Emma from New Rickstones Academy
JUNIPER BOOK AWARDS
Most Innovative School Award
Every year we are astounded to see your amazing ideas: decorating the library with spiders’webs, escape room challenges, decorating cakes, and making charity boxes.
However, this year we liked the link to the environment and bees inspired by Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari which unleashed this school’s creativity.
The winner of JBA Most Innovative School is:
JUNIPER BOOK AWARDS
Best Book Trailer Award in conjunction with IntoFilm
We would like to thank IntoFilm for judging this Award. Their support and skills in running our book trailer workshops are invaluable.
IntoFilm were really impressed with the number of entries and level of skill and creativity this year with not only stop motion animation videos but also live action filmed on a plane at Southend Airport. It was a difficult decision to decide on just one winner so we have a runner-up and overall winner this year.
Runner-up
Hockerill Anglo-European College
Book trailer for The Cosmic Atlas of Alfie Feet by Martin Howard
Winner
Sweyne Park School
Book trailer for Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari
JUNIPER BOOK AWARDS
The Juniper Book Award
Thank you to all the wonderful students, librarians, teachers and authors for supporting the Awards this year and voting for your favourite book. We hope you agree that they were a fantastic selection of books that were inspiring, challenging and made you think. Above all, we hope you enjoyed reading them as much as we did! Thank you all for voting for your favourite book, we love the fact that you are the ones who choose the ultimate winner.
