Dudley Children’s Book Awards

Our 2024 award is launched!

Staff and students in the participating Dudley Borough Primary and Secondary Schools will now start reading and vote for their favourite book in time for our ‘Celebration Event’ on the afternoon of Tuesday 18th March 2025, at which the winners will be announced ! Voting will close at the start of March.

The criteria for our book award is:

Books must have been published for the first time during the year of the award.

Books are not included if they are a sequel or part of a series.

WINNER 2024

Drowning in My Bedroom

Cole, Steve ISBN: 9781800902961
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The terrifying impact of global warming on vulnerable lives is laid bare in this gripping tale of survival from internationally bestselling author Steve Cole. Gayla is trapped when floodwater pours into her bedroom in a residential centre for kids with disabilities. The other children have been evacuated while Gayla waited for her father, but now the streets around are cut off and she’s all alone with no way out. Junjun’s makeshift shack has been washed away in the flood and he needs to find medicine for his sister, who’s sick after drinking contaminated water. At first these two young people seem to have little in common and pity each other, but as the waters continue to rise, can they find a way to work together to survive …?

- Browns Books Synopsis

Shortlist 2024

Gray, Keith ISBN: 9781800903203
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Earle, Phil ISBN: 9781800902039
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Strange, Lucy ISBN: 9781800903258
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Cole, Steve ISBN: 9781800902961
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