Price 12-17

The "Tu l'as lu" or 12-17 Crédit Agricole Centre-France Prize is awarded to a writer for secondary school pupils (aged 12-14) and another for secondary school students (aged 15-17). The winners are French-speaking authors.

A prize for children's literature

Supported by Crédit Agricole Centre-France, the Brive Book Fair awards two prizes to authors of children's literature. The jury is made up of experts in these age groups, since it is the young secondary school pupils of Brive-la-Gaillarde who, after reading the works of the authors selected, discuss them with the librarians and librarians to decide on the winners!

A little girl leafs through a book in the foreground

Prior to 1998, the 12-17 prize for children's literature was awarded jointly to a Quebec author and a French author as part of the Prix 12/17 Brive-Montréal.

The list of winners of the 12-17 prize

2025 edition

The winners of the 2025 edition are : Alice DOZIER , winner of the 12/14 prize for her novel Les Adelphides ( Actes Sud jeunesse) and Christophe GUILLAUMOT, winner of the 15/17 prize for Les recrues, deux espions à New-York (Editions Rageot).

They will be presented with their prizes at the Book Fair on Saturday 8 November at 3pm at the Estrade des Trois Provinces, in the presence of the young members of the jury.

The Adelphides: In the kingdom of Terredil, Myosotis, Saïcha and Riméade, children of millers, are selected to take part in the Adelphides. During this annual ceremony, the volunteers have to prove their bravery and give back to the community. The participants from noble families do not welcome those from the countryside...
The recruits, two spies in New York: recruited by the DGSE, Maya Virelle and Lohan Cluse are trained at the Intelligence Academy before leaving for New York on their first mission. They take part in an undercover lingustic stay at the Royal Coakroach Hotel, where trainees have been mysteriously dying since 2000. The two young agents must foil the plans of a serial killer.

Who has already won these awards?

2024: Amélie ANTOINE and Elise FONTENAILLE
2023 Laetitia LAJOINIE and Rachel Corenblit
2022: David MOITET and Taï-Marc LE THANH
2020/2021: Nathalie BERNARD and Claire MAZARD
2019 : Florence THINARD and Marie PAVLENKO
2018: Cassandra O'DONNEL and Isabelle PANDAZOPOULOS
2017: Alain GAGNOL and Erwan JI
2016 - Eric SENABRE and Charlotte BOUSQUET
2015 - Timothée de FOMBELLE
2014 - Pascal VATINEL and Vincent VILLEMINOT
2013 - Martin PAGE and Marion BRUNET
2012 - Jo WITEK and Éric SANVOISIN
2011 - Élise FONTENAILLE and Richard COUAILLET