2020 Winner Mutant Zombies Cursed My School Trip by Matt Brown illustrated by Paco Sordo
Shortlist The Maker of Monsters by Lorraine Gregory Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson illustrated by Mike Lowery
2019 Winner The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer illustrated by PJ Lynch Shortlist Mr Penguin and The Fortress of Secrets by Alex T Smith Funny Kid Stand Up by Matt Stanton
2018 Winner The Explorer by Katherine Rundell Shortlist The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
2017 Winner An Eagle in the Snow by Michael Morpurgo illustrated by Michael Foreman Shortlist The Accidental Pirates (Voyage to Magical North) by Claire Fayer The Jam Doughnut that Ruined my Life by Mark Lowery illustrated by Hannah Shaw
2016 Winner My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat by Pamela Butchart illustrated by Thomas Flintham Shortlist The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen Horrid Henry’s Krazy Ketchup by Francesca Simon illustrated by Tony Ross
Winners 2015 Demon Dentist by David Walliams illustrated by Tony Ross 2014 Atticus Claw Breaks the Law by Jennifer Gray 2013 Gangsta Granny by David Walliams illustrated by Tony Ross 2012 The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon 2011 Shadow by Michael Morpurgo 2010 Mondays are Murder by Tanya Landman
2009 Daisy and the Trouble with Zoos by Kes Gray illustrated by Nick Sharratt & Garry Parsons 2008 Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell 2007 You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton illustrated by David Tazzyman 2006 Spy Dog by Andrew Cope 2005 Best Friends by Jacqueline Wilson 2004 The Mum Hunt by Gwyneth Rees 2003 Blitzed by Robert Swindells 2002 Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo 2001 Lizzie Zipmouth by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt 2000 Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo illustrated by Michael Foreman
1999 Little Dad by Pat Moon illustrated by Nick Sharratt 1998 Nightmare Stairs by Robert Swindells 1997 The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong 1996 Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt 1995 Harriet's Hare by Dick King-Smith 1994 The Finders by Nigel Hinton 1993 The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt 1992 Find the White Horse by Dick King-Smith