ABAs
The Home of the ABAs
Established in 2011 by four West Sussex School Librarians the Amazing Book Awards, aka The ABAs, were created to give local students a strong personal voice. The first essential rule of the awards was, only the students’ votes count. No panel could override or veto their decisions. Student voice is key, it’s the cornerstone of our awards.
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Subscriptions for the 2023 awards are still open, and even though we have announced the Long List there is still plenty of time to vote for the 2023 Shortlist! Who will win? Only our students can decide.
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Read some of the very best YA fiction out in the UK right now.
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Club Blog
The ABA Team The 2024 ABA Awards Night Oh what a night! Wow! What a night!!! Huge thanks to all of our participating schools for running your book clubs, getting all the entries in for us and organising trips out to bring students to the award night! We had nearly...
ABA 2024 The 2024 Shortlist We are absolutely delighted to announce the 2024 Amazing Book Awards Shortlist, and what a list it is! Wow!! What do you think? Did your favourite make the shortlist? Have you started reading them yet? And will you be joining us for the...
Rosie Wins Gold!
About Rosie Talbot wins GOLD! We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Rosie Talbot is your Gold Award Winner. Sixteen souls was a clear winner but Finn Longman’s The Butterfly Assassin and Alex Bell’s The Lighthouse were a super close Silver and...
