The books running for the 2024 edition
Initiated in 2015, this prize is aimed at CM1/CM2 students and rewards a detective novel or album for young people published in 2023.
Between December and February, the young jurors of the 7 participating primary schools familiarize themselves with the five competing books during workshops led by the Book Ambassadors, supervised by the Association of the Student Foundation for the City (Afev).
The winning author who receives the most votes from students is invited to the Festival to present the Youth prize on Friday 5 April 2024.
- Comme dans un film by Rémi Courgeon – Éditions Seuil Jeunesse
- Les Folles lectures d’Archibald Bloomer – Le Manoir du Monstre by Rod Marty – Auzou Editions
- Les Arsène, La clef aux trois joyaux by Bertrand Puard – Octopus fictions
- Mortel Tandem by Marie-Agnès Vermande-Lherm – Éditions Sarbacane / Pépix
- Jasper et la brigade du flair – La Première mission by Elisa Villebrun – Rageot
The jury
Here are the schools participating in the 2024 jury:
- École Louis Pergaud (Lyon 8 e)
- École Anne Sylvestre (Lyon 8 e)
- École Doisneau (Lyon 1 er)
- École Léon Jouhaux (Lyon 3 e)
- École Commandant Arnaud (Lyon 4 e)
- École Ferdinand Buisson (Lyon 5 e)
- École Julie-Victoire Daubié (Lyon 7 e)
Previous winners
In previous editions, the prize was awarded to Séverine Vidal for Drôle d’évasion (2015), Jean-Christophe Tixier for Dix minutes à perdre (2016), Aurélie Neyret et Joris Chambain for Les carnets de Cerise T4 – La déesse sans visage (2017), Anne-Gaëlle Balpe for Le mystère Vandam Pishar (2018), Jean-Claude Mourlevat for Jefferson (2019), Claire Renaud for Les Mamies attaquent (2020), Anaïs Vachez for Les élèves de l’ombre (2021), Richard Petitsigne for La Cité des squelettes (2022), Anne Schmauch for Rose Asphalte, enquêtrice de l’étrange – Tome 1, La colo des zombis (2023) and Bertrand Puard for Les Arsène, La Clef aux trois joyaux (2024).