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Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize

Michelle Harrison has been awarded the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize in the U.K. for The Thirteen Treasures (Simon & Schuster), the story of a girl who can see fairies, and who tries to solve a mystery that has haunted her family for generations. Harrison will receive a £5,000 prize and the bookstore chain will support the title throughout the year. Little, Brown will publish the book in the U.S. in spring 2010. For more information, click here.