Rachel Delahaye's 'Electric Life' wins Bristol Teen Book Award 2025!

We’re thrilled to announce that Rachel Delahaye's brilliant teen novel Electric Life is the winner of the 2025 Bristol Teen Book Award!

The Bristol Teen Book Award is an amazing celebration of books and reading, and for us it’s particularly special as it’s the students who cast the final vote and decide on the winning book.

This year’s Award ceremony took place at Bristol’s Clifton College, where school groups from across the city took part in a range of activities including literary games, workshops, talks and a Q&A with shortlisted authors Rachel Delahaye (Electric Life), Gavin Extence (Finding Phoebe), A.S. Hussain (Desi Girl Speaking), and O.R. Sorrel (Apocalypse Cow).

Rachel was delighted to have won the Award and used her acceptance speech to urge young people to follow the message of her novel: to go out into nature, experience real life and have a break from screens.

But… before you follow suit and log off, why not discover more about Electric Life in the trailer below and at www.troikabooks.com/electric-life.

Our huge congratulations to Rachel!

Rachel Delahaye accepts her Award (photo credit: Clifton College)

Congratulations to all of these brilliant shortlisted books