Surrey Book Awards 2023-2024

Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year

2023-2024 Nominees:

• Air By Monica Roe
• Answer In The Pages By David Levithan
• Falling Short By Ernesto Cisneros
• Giju's Gift By Brandon Mitchell
• Maizy Chen's Last Chance By Lisa Yee
• New Dragon City By Mari Mancusi
• Odder By Katherine Applegate
• A Rover's Story By Jasmine Warga
• Speak Up By Rebecca Burgess
• Swim Team By Johnnie Christmas

Last Year’s Winner:

Alone by Megan Freeman

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Surrey Schools’ Picture Book of the Year

2023-2024 Nominees:

• Bathe The Cat By Alice B. Mcginty
• Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind By Monica Silvie
• The Comet By Joe Todd-Stanton
• Just Like Grandma By Kim Rogers
• Knight Owl By Christopher Denise
• Lost By Sam Usher
• Mina By Matthew Forsythe
• My Powerful Hair By Carole Lindstrom
• The Sour Grape By Jory John
• This Story Is Not About A Kitten By Randall De Sève

Last Year’s Winner:

Invasion of the Unicorns by David Biedrzycki 

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Surrey Schools’ Narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year

2023-2024 Nominees:

• Blood! Not Just A Vampire Drink By Stacy Mcanulty
• Fastest Woman On Earth: The Story Of Tatyana Mcfadden By Francesca Cavallo
• Good Eating: The Short Life Of Krill By Matt Lilley
• Luminous: Living Things That Light Up The Night By Julia Kuo
• Journey Of The Midnight Sun By Shazia Afzal
• Listen To The Language Of Trees By Tera Kelley
• Pizza! A Slice Of History By Greg Pizzoli 
• The Secret Pocket By Peggy Janicki
• When The Sky Glows By Nell Cross Beckerman
• The Yawn Book By Diana Kim

Last Year’s Winner:

The Elephant's New Shoe by Laurel Neme

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Surrey Teens Read 

2023-2024 Nominees:

• Belladonna By Adalyn Grace
• Dark Room Etiquette By Robin Roe
• The Epic Story Of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti
• Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
• Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
• This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian
• The Weight Of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson
• A Year To The Day by Robin Benway

Last Year’s Winner:

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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• C'est du boulot! Par Vincent Guigue
• La corde a linge par Orbie
• Et toi, ta famille? Par Charlotte Bellière
• J'espere par Monique Gray Smith
• Mon chien banane par Roxane Brouillard
• Un monstre dans ma cuisine par Marie-France Comeau
• N'importe quoi, ces animaux par Gaëlle Mazars
• La nouvelle vie de madame bouteille par Angèle Delaunois
• Parce que je t'aime par Angèle Delaunois
• Le papillon de Carlito par Angèle Delaunois

Le gagnant de l'année derinère / Last Year's Winner

Tous les mots n'existent pas par Michael Escofffier 

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*These books are paid for by each French immersion school, and are not provided by the district.