Fat Boy Swim
Reviews and Shortlists
| Date | Award | Result |
| 2004 | Blue Peter Award | Shortlisted in the Book I couldn't Put Down Category |
| 2004 | The Portsmouth Book Award | Shortlisted |
| 2004 | Teenage Booktrust Prize | Shortlisted |
| 2004 | North Lanarkshire Childrens Book Award | Shortlisted |
| 2005 | Hampshire Children's Book Award | Shortlisted |
| 2005 | Grampian Children's Book Award | Winner! |
Reviews for Fat Boy Swim
-"FAT BOY SWIM should be force-fed to every secondary school child in
the country"
Dinah Hall, The Sunday Telegraph-
-"Forde's powerful, empowering and often very funny first novel crackles
with teenage anger and pain"
Sarah Johnson, The Times-
-"This is a moving, tumultuous, roller-coaster, acid-etched story sharpened
by its Scottish setting and its fierce depiction of a galaxy of distinctive,
memorable characters"
Lesley Agnew, The Bookseller-
-"Set in Scotland with broad dialect to match, this novel is written
with force and a real sense of anger"
Books for Keeps-
________________________________________-"Moving,
shocking but thoroughly engrossing … A powerful book - a story of hope,
of unhappiness and great joy - most of all it is a wonderful read"-
_______________________________________Val Bierman,
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