Awards
Costa Children's Book Award
2009 Shortlist
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
Judges: "A life-affirming journey by three teenage boys told with sensitivity, compassion and, above all, humour."
Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey. Stealing the urn that contains the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out to travel 261 miles from Cleethorpes on the English east coast to the tiny hamlet of Ross in southern Scotland. After a depressing and dispiriting funeral they feel that taking Ross to Ross will be a fitting memorial for a fifteen-year-old boy who changed all their lives through his friendship. Little do they realise just how much Ross can still affect life for them even though he's dead.
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