The first selection of books in the 6+, 8+, 11+ competition categories was announced:
6+ CATEGORY
1.David Almond, La guerra è finita (Salani), translation by Giuseppe Iacobaci
2.Daniele Aristarco, Le avventure di Alessandro Mignolo (Einaudi Ragazzi)
3.Giuseppe Festa, Arma letame. Gli animali di Strambosco (Piemme Junior)
4.Martine Laffon, Cookie credi ai tuoi sogni (Terre di mezzo), translated by Eleonora Armaroli
5.Lisa Lundmark, Jenny lo squalo (La Nuova Frontiera Junior), translated by Lucia Barni
6.Jane Riordan, Winnie Puh. C’era una volta un orsetto (North-Sud), translated by Giuseppe Iacobaci
8+ CATEGORY
1.Sara Beltrame, Rita e il giro della morte (Edizioni Piuma)
2.Anton Bergman, La Ester più Ester del mondo (Beisler Editore), translated by Samanta K. Milton Knowles
3.Nicola Cinquetti, L’incredibile notte di Billy Bologna (Lapis Edizioni)
4.Nadine Debertolis, La casa dalle 36 chiavi (Edizioni EL), translated by Costanza Piccoli
5.Otto Gabos, Ridi, Romeo! (Einaudi Ragazzi),
6.Samuel J. Halpin, Il bosco dei ragazzi senza colore (Terre di mezzo), translated by Claudia Valentini
7.Antonia Murgo, Miss dicembre e il Clan di luna (Bompiani)
8.Sally Nicholls, Un'isola tutta per noi (Edizioni San Paolo), translated by Anna Becchi
9.Rieke Patwardhan, La banda della zuppa di piselli. Il mistero della nonna (Emons Edizioni), translated by Valentina Freschi
10.Nadia Terranova and Mara Cerri, Il segreto (Mondadori Ragazzi)
11.Amy Timberlake, Tasso e Puzzola (Harper Collins), translation by Sara Ragusa
12.Salvatore Vitellino, Un anno da Nabbo (Giunti Editore)
11+ CATEGORY
1.Elizabeth Acevedo, Poet X (Sperling & Kupfer), translated by Simona Mambrini and Anna Rusconi
2.Elisa Castiglioni, La ragazza con lo zaino verde (Il Castoro)
3.Francesco D'Adamo, Giuditta e l'orecchio del diavolo (Giunti Editore)
4.Keren David, Le cose che ci fanno paura (Giuntina), translated by Lucrezia Pei
5.Annet Huizing. La casa del contrabbandiere (La Nuova Frontiera Junior), translated by Anna Becchi
6.Pádraig Kenny, I mostri di Rookhaven (Edizioni EL), translation by Lucia Feoli
7.Enne Koens, Sono Vincent e non ho paura (Camelozampa), translated by Olga Amagliani
8.Elle McNicoll, Una specie di scintilla (Uovonero), translation by Sante Bandirali
9.Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia e lo squalo (Mondadori Ragazzi), translated by Marta Barone
10.Camille Monceaux, Le cronache dell'acero e del ciliegio (Vol. 1) - La maschera del Nō (L'Ippocampo), translated by Fabrizio Ascari
11.Antonella Sbuelz, Questa notte non torno (Feltrinelli Editore)
12.Martina Wildner, Sonnambuli, maledizioni e lumache (Pelledoca Editore), translated by Anna Becchi
The selection was made from the 111 books entered by publishers: 26 for the 6+ category, 37 for the 8+ category, and 48 for the 11+ category. Of these, the Scientific Committee will now chose the 3 finalists for each category to be sent to the young jurors next autumn.
Offered by Strega Alberti Benevento, the prizes for each competition category will be announced in December. Should any of the winners be a translated book, a prize of an equal amount will be awarded the translator by BolognaFiere.
Created with the aim of kindling a passion for reading and promoting its enormous educational value, the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi involves around two thousand pupils aged 6 to 13 from 150 primary and secondary schools in Italy and abroad. In making their choice, the young jurors are invited to elaborate on the stories, characters and authors they most loved.
Thanks to the renewed collaboration with IBS.it La Feltrinelli, the Award's technical sponsor, each juror receives a 5 Euro voucher towards the purchase of the books selected. The schools involved each receive a copy of the finalist books for their school library.
BPER Banca offers three cash prizes, to be used towards the purchase of school equipment: to a school with pupils in the 6+ category, and one with pupils in the 8+ category for their outstanding reading promotion initiatives starting from the finalist books. The third prize goes go to an 11+ pupil for the best review of a finalist book in the 11+ category.
Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi is sponsored by Fondazione Maria e Goffredo Bellonci and Strega Alberti Benevento, organizers of the Premio Strega, together with Centro per il libro e la lettura and BolognaFiere - Bologna Children's Book Fair in partnership with BPER Banca and IBS.it La Feltrinelli.