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It's official! The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt makes you happiest

It's official! The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt makes you happiest

It's official! The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt makes you happiest image

Thanks to everyone who voted in our special poll to find the book that makes you happiest. We can now (drrrrrrum rrrrrrroll) announce the winner!

It’s official! The book that gives you the most reading pleasure is The Worst Thing about My Sister by the one and only Jacqueline Wilson!

Lines have now closed, so here’s how the votes went in the end:

1.The Worst Thing About My Sister by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt;
2. Gangsta Granny by David Walliams;
3.The Twits by Roald Dahl;
4.The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson;
5.How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell;
6.The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon;
7.Horrid Henry’s Dreadful Deeds by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross;
8.Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney;
9.Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree by Andy Stanton and David Tazzyman
10.The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

What a fabulously happy list of reads! Print this list off, cut it out, stick it on your wall, your bag, your sister’s head, anywhere and share it with everyone you know, particularly if they don’t think that reading is THE most fun thing you can do.

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