WSBA Previous Winners
We are very proud of our three Warwickshire Book Awards, which we run annually. Our trained and experienced library team carefully select the shortlisted books. Pupils/students read these books and vote for their favourite. The winner is decided solely by them, and we think this makes our Awards special! Schools from across Warwickshire take part and are invited to the Final Award Ceremony for two of the Awards (WJBA and WSBA), where we invite the shortlisted authors to attend. This is always a lovely event and a fantastic celebration of reading that we hope inspires young people across Warwickshire.
The Awards are aimed at the following year groups:
- Warwickshire Junior Book Award (WJBA): Years 5/6 (Summer Term)
- Warwickshire Secondary Book Award (WSBA): Years 7/8 (Spring Term)
- Warwickshire Teen Book Award (WTBA): Year 9 (Autumn Term)
If you would like more information about them, please get in touch with us at: schoolslibraryservice@warwickshire.gov.uk
See Below for our previous Award Winners:
Warwickshire Secondary Book Award
2023 Winner: Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick
While the Storm Rages by Phil Earle
The Climbers by Phil Earle
Hide and Seek by Robin Scott-Elliot
The Memory Thieves by Darren Simpson
The Summer we Turned Green by William Sutcliffe
2022 Winner: When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
Cardboard Cowboys by Brian Conaghan
Asking for a Friend by Kate Mallinder
The Supreme Lie by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Monsters of Rookhaven by Padraig Kenny
The Humiliations of Welton Blake by Alex Wheatle
2021 Winner: The Last Paper Crane by Kerry Drewery
Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
That Time I Got Kidnapped by Tom Mitchell
Gloves Off by Louisa Reid
The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
The Girl Who Came out of the Woods by Emily Barr
One Shot by Tanya Landman
The Gift, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe
Mud by Emily Thomas
Paper Avalanche by Lisa Williamson
2019 Winner: S.T.A.G.S. BY M.A. Bennett
Wolf Children by Paul Dowswell
Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
I Am Thunder and I Won’t Keep Quiet by Muhammad Khan
The Nearest Far Away Place by Hayley Long
Rook by Anthony McGowan