Angus Book Award 2008

"Kate Cann has won the 2008 Angus Book Award for her novel Leaving Poppy, published by Scholastic Children's Books - a taut, tense ghost story with a chilling edge. The winning author was presented with her trophy, a miniature replica of the Aberlemno Serpent Stone, and the GBP500 prize at the ceremony attended by all five shortlisted authors and participating pupils in Montrose Town Hall on May 20 2008"