Excelsior Award Red (Aged 14+)

The Excelsior Award is the only fully independent, nationwide book award for graphic novels and manga - where kids aged 11-18 decide the winner by rating each book as they read it! In 2021, twelve graphic novels/manga were selected for the four age-appropriate shortlists and it now attracts over two hundred schools from all over the UK and Ireland! The overall goal of this scheme is to encourage reading amongst teenagers. However, its secondary target is to raise the profile of graphic novels and manga amongst school librarians and teachers. This storytelling medium has been a largely underused resource within education for many years. The Excelsior Award attempts to highlight some of the amazing books that are out there - books that fully deserve to be in our school libraries alongside regular fiction!

WINNER 2023

Deadpool - samuraiVolume 1

Kasama, Sanshiro ISBN: 9781974725311
Paperback / softback

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Deadpool moves to Tokyo and makes a mess of everything! Everyone’s favourite Merc with a Mouth has finally come to manga!

As soon as Deadpool moves to Tokyo, he runs afoul of some familiar faces. Before he knows it, he’s teaming up with new heroes, battling gods, attending concerts, and being repeatedly dismembered. That’s good, right? Anyway, Deadpool lands in Tokyo with a bang! What could possibly go wrong when Iron Man invites Deadpool join the Avengers' new Samurai Squad? After all, Deadpool is just in it for the money, and the trip to Japan.

This is fine, right?

- Browns Books Synopsis

SHORTLIST 2024

Duggan, Gerry ISBN: 9781779520081
Hardback

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Diggle, Andy ISBN: 9781506730875
Paperback / softback

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Le Tendre, Serge ISBN: 9781800441156
Paperback / softback

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Phillips, Stephanie ISBN: 9781684158829
Paperback / softback

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Taylor, Tom ISBN: 9781779520517
Paperback / softback

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The books on the Excelsior Award Red shortlst have been designated as suitable for children aged 14+ (or Key Stage 4 in schools)