Winner 2009
The winner of the 2009 Southern Schools Book Award is:
Sophie McKenzie Blood Ties 
Synopsis
When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is
still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the
lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare
her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and Theo are
attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering
- at Rachel's school disco, they are rescued by strangers and taken
to meet a mysterious figure. There, they both make some startling discoveries
about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future
in dramatic and life-altering ways...
Author
Sophie is the author of the award-winning Girl, Missing, as well as
Blood Ties, Six Steps to a Girl and Three's a Crowd. Blood Ransom, the follow-up story to Blood Ties showing what happened next to Rachel and Theo, will be published in October 2010.
Sophie lives in
London with her twelve-year-old son and goes boxing training in her
spare time.
