As reported in yesterday’s Guardian and The Bookseller, the 10 titles to be published for World Book Day 2009 have been announced. As ever the ‘Quick Reads’ series is aimed at encouraging those with reading difficulties or those who are coming back to reading (much like the Open Door series published by New Island in Ireland.)
My novella, THE DARE, is one of the titles in the ‘09 series, along with 6 other 
fiction and 3 non-fiction books. The story centres around a 12 year old boy, Danny, whose family falls apart in the aftermath of an accident in which his mother has knocked down a little boy in her car. The title refers to a key element of the story, but you’ll have to read it to find out what it means.
Strangely enough, while all 6 of my novels (and my 7th novel, which will be published next May) are set in the past, both THE DARE and my Open Door title, THE SECOND CHILD, are contemporary stories.
The full list of title, all due to be published for World Book Day, March 5th 2009 are:
Ian Rankin - A Cool Head (Orion)
Kate Mosse - The Cave (Orion)
Catrin Collier - Black-Eyed Devils (Accent Press)
John Boyne - The Dare (Transworld)
Jacqueline Rayner - Dr Who: The Sontaran Games (BBC Books)
Sherrie Hewson - The Tannery (Macmillan)
Gervase Phinn - All These Lonely People (Penguin)
Patience Thomson - 101 Ways To Get Your Child To Read (Barrington Stoke)
Lola Jaye - Reaching For The Stars (HarperCollins)
Evan Davis - Dragons’ Den (HarperCollins)
