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Red Dot Book Awards 2024-2025

The Red Dot student choice book awards is an annual event organised by the International School Libraries Network (ISLN) in Singapore. Shortlisted books are organised into four age-based categories, with eight titles in each. We look forward to this shortlist every year so please enjoy the wonderful selection! 

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  • Grandad's Pink Trousers

    $26.00

    Written by Lucie Hášová Truhelková  |  Illustrated by Andrea TachezyhardcoverThe grandfather of our story isn’t like other grandparents. He wears p...

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    $26.00
  • Ning and the Night Spirits

    $22.00

    Written and Illustrated by Adriena Fonghardcover A beautifully illustrated tale that shows no matter how small you feel, your actions can make help...

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    $22.00
  • Game Day! Patty Mills Championship Collection

    $18.00

    Written by Patty Mills and Jared Thomas  |  Illustreated by Nahum Zierschpaperback This fantastic junior fiction basketball series by four-time Aus...

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    $18.00
  • Oliver's Great Big Universe

    $16.00

    Written and Illustrated by Jorge ChampaperbackI know what you're thinking. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything abo...

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    $16.00
  • Sona Sharma, Looking After Planet Earth

    $15.00

    Written by Chitra Soundar  |  Illustrated by Jen KhatunpaperbackWhen Sona learns about the climate crisis at school and is very worried that no on...

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    $15.00
  • The Grace of Wild Things

    $27.00

    Written by Heather FawcetthardcoverAn inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explores found fam...

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    $27.00
  • I Am Kavi

    $27.00

    Written by Thushanthi Ponweerahardcover1998, Colombo. The Sri Lankan Civil War is raging, but everyday life must go on. At Kavi’s school, her frien...

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    $27.00
  • The Kingdom Over the Sea

    $16.00

    Written by Zohra Nabipaperback My own Yara, if you are reading this, then something terrible has happened, and you are on your own. To return to th...

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    $16.00
  • The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine

    $15.00

    Written by Katherine Marshpaperback Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has move...

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    $15.00
  • Mabuhay!

    $20.00

    Written and Illustrated by Zachary Sterlingpaperback From rising star Zachary Sterling comes a humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel...

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    $20.00
  • The Night Raven

    $15.00

    Written by Johan Rundberg  |  Translated by A. A. Primepaperback It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of Stockholm, death lurks around every corner. T...

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    $15.00
  • You Are Here: Connecting Flights

    $15.00

    Edited by Ellen OhpaperbackAn incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that impacts twelve young As...

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    $15.00
  • The 9:09 Project

    $27.00

    Written by Mark H. Parsonshardcover A thoughtful exploration about finding oneself, learning to hope after loss, and recognising the role that fami...

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    $27.00
  • Divine Rivals

    $25.00

    Written by Rebecca Rosshardcover When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a w...

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    $25.00
  • Thieves' Gambit

    $17.00

    Written by Kayvion Lewispaperback The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings ...

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    $17.00
  • The Grace of Wild Things

    $15.00

    Written by Heather FawcettpaperbackAn inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explores found fam...

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    $15.00