Shortlisted for the 1995 Writers' Guild Literary Award and the 1995 Smarties Book Prize Overall Winner.
Awards
Winner of Sheffield Children's Book Awards - Short Novels 1996 and Children's Book Award 1996 and Federation of Children's Books of the Year Award 1996 and Smarties Book Prize 1995. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.