Oxfordshire Book Awards

The Oxfordshire Book Awards have been running since 2008. They are special because the awards are voted for entirely by children, who nominate their favourite of the books published that year. The award has 3 categories

WINNER 2025

The Final Year

Goodfellow, Matt ISBN: 9781915659040
Paperback / softback

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See that tall, skinny kid with the ball in his hand sayin see ya later to his mate? That’s me: Nathan Wilder Nate. 10 years old and a week away from the end of Year 5.

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to high school. Nate is ready for it all, knowing his best friend PS is at his side - they’ve been inseparable since Nursery. But when they are put in two different classes and PS finds a new friend in Turner, the school bully, Nate's world turns upside-down. As he struggles to make sense of this and forge new friendships, he’s dealt another blow when his youngest brother, Dylan is rushed into hospital. His new teacher, Mr Joshua, sees a spark inside of Nate that’s lit by his love of reading and writing and shows him how to use this to process what’s going on. But with so much working against him, and anger rising inside him, will this be enough? A powerful and lyrical story about finding your place in the world and the people that matter within it.

- Browns Books Synopsis

Shortlist 2026

Murray, Struan ISBN: 9780241741061
Hardback

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Rutter, Helen ISBN: 9780702314667
Paperback / softback

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Kenny, Padraig ISBN: 9781529517804
Paperback / softback

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Pearson, Jenny ISBN: 9781805312963
Paperback / softback

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Farook, Niyla ISBN: 9781800789371
Paperback / softback

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