And the winner is...

Results for the 2005-2006 Great Stone Face Book Award are in, and this year's winner--with 761 votes--is The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer, author of the best-selling Artemis Fowl series. Runner-up: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

Voting across the state for this year was up more than 20% from last year's totals. Thanks to the many fourth, fifth, and sixth graders in Hampton who took the time to vote. Keep reading!