Vote for Effie

by Laura Wood

Interest age: 9 to 11
Reading age: 9+

Published by Scholastic, 2019

About this book

Effie has just started at a new school where she soon realises that some things could do with being changed. After observing her surroundings for a couple of days, she decides to run for Junior Student President in the school council elections.

Backed by her loyal campaign team and her next-door neighbour, Effie aims to win the election and beat her nemesis, proving to her parents that her school work won’t suffer and ensure that the school environment is a fairer place for everyone. Over the course of the campaign, Effie gains a great group of friends and learns how to work together with someone you might not see eye-to-eye with, always aiming to see the positives even when things don’t go to plan.

Laura Wood brings us a contemporary book for fierce pre-teens who want to make the world a better place. Effie aims to make her new school a more inclusive space which encourages everyone to fulfil their potential. Inspired by the Women’s March of 2017, this book provides girls with the belief that they can make a difference, even with the smallest of things. This is a book which will resonate with all girls. 

About the author

Laura Wood is the winner of the Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children's Writing. She has just completed her PhD at the University of Warwick studying the figure of the reader in 19th-century literature. She is also the author of the Poppy Pym middle-grade series and YA historical romances A Sky Painted Gold (shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag YA and Beautiful Book prizes) and Under a Dancing Star.

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