26 March 2013
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Wendy E Constance has won first prize with her novel Like A Brother ...
Wendy E Constance has won first prize with her novel Like A Brother
Chicken House publisher and lead judge Barry Cunningham said: 'Wild animals and wild children make this a spirited and fiercely fun debut - a worthy winner!'
Like a Brother is set 13,000 years ago and follows two teenagers, Wild Horse and Blue Bird, as they flee across America.
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The winner of last year's Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, The Poison Boy by Fletcher Moss, will be published by Chicken House on 4 April.
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