The Winter House is a new short story film and website that has been designed by Naomi Alderman who won the Orange Prize for New Writers in 2006 for her novel Disobedience.
The story, which plays on the website like an animated film and includes game-like interactive elements, focusses on a central character, Millie, whose father has been murdered.
'The Winter House' hopes to encourage young adults to read stories online, by making them interesting and visual, so that being on a computer is an encouragement to reading, rather than as opposing it.
It’s also a useful teaching aid in subjects such as History, Citizenship, English and Media Studies, and there are some educational links on the site to help with this.
This story was commissioned by Booktrust and supported by Arts Council England, as part of the Story campaign.
To read 'The Winter House' go to http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/
