Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson – about a girl who finds a door to a magical realm while searching for her mother – wins the overall and young readers awards
Kew Gardens features a hidden magical door in the winning book for this year’s £5,000 Waterstones children’s book prize.
Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson was voted the winner by Waterstones booksellers. The book “is a spellbinding triumph that will make children fall in love with the world they are reading about, and with reading itself,” said Bea Carvalho, head of books at Waterstones.
