Shortlist Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus & Julian Sedgwick illustrated by Alexis Deacon The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Lampie by Annet Schaap On The Come Up by Angie Thomas Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick
2019 Winner The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Shortlist Rebound by Kwame Alexander The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson illustrated by Elisa Paganelli Melissa Castrillon Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders
2018 Winner Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean Shortlist Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans After the Fire by Will Hill Rook by Anthony McGowan Release by Patrick Ness Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
2017 Winner Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Shortlist Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard Beck by Mal Peet & Meg Rosoff Railhead by Philip Reeve Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
2016 Winner One by Sarah Crossan Shortlist The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine
2015 Winner Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman Shortlist When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan Tinder by Sally Gardner illustrated by David Roberts Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughrean More Than This by Patrick Ness
2014 Winner The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks Shortlist All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry The Child's Elephant by Rachel Campbell-Johnston Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper Blood Family by Anne Fine Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead The Wall by William Sutcliffe
2013 Winner Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner Shortlist The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle In Darkness by Nick Lake Wonder by RJ Palacio Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Rhymes by Dave Shelton Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
2012 Winner A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness & Siobhan Dowd illustrated by Jim Kay Shortlist My Name is Mina by David Almond Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis Trash by Andy Mulligan My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
2011 Winner Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness Shortlist Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
2010 Winner A Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman illustrated by Chris Riddell & Dave McKean Shortlist The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking, Book Two by Patrick Ness Nation by Terry Pratchett Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
2009 Winner Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd Shortlist Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks Airman by Eoin Colfer Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
2008 Winner Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve Shortlist Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland Ruby Red by Linzi Glass Crusade by Elizabeth Laird Apache: Girl Warrior by Tanya Landman What I Was by Meg Rosoff Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
2007 Winner Just in Case by Meg Rosoff Shortlist The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd The Road of Bones by Anne Fine Beast by Ally Kennen My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
2005 Winner Tamar by Mal Peet Shortlist Clay by David Almond Framed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce Turbulence by Jan Mark The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
2004 Winner Millions by Frank Cottrell-Boyce Shortlist Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Heartbeat by Sharon Creech The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson The Scarecrow and his Servant by Philip Pullman
2003 Winner A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly Shortlist The Fire-Eaters by David Almond The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Sisterland by Linda Newbery
2002 Winner Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech Shortlist Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks Up on Cloud Nine by Anne Fine The Edge by Alan Gibbons Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn The Shell House by Linda Newbery The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick
2001 Winner The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Highly Commended Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean Commended Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Shortlist The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson Jake's Tower by Elizabeth Laird The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean True Believer by Virginia Wolff
2000 Winner The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo Highly Commended Troy by Adele Geras The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Commended The Ghost Behind the Wall by Melvin Burgess Shortlist Heaven Eyes by David Almond The Wanderer by Sharon Creech Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin Shadow of the Minotaur by Alan Gibbons
1999 Winner Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers Shortlist Kit's Wilderness by David Almond Little Soldier by Bernard Ashley King of Shadows by Susan Cooper Tightrope by Gillian Cross The Rinaldi Ring by Jenny Nimmo Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by JK Rowling The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt
1998 Winner Skellig by David Almond Shortlist Heroes by Robert Cormier The Kin by Peter Dickinson Fly, Cherokee, Fly by Chris d'Lacey The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price
1997 Winner River Boy by Tim Bowler Highly Commended Fire, Bed and Bone by Henrietta Branford Commended Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling Shortlist Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman Forever X by Geraldine McCaughrean Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley Meet me by the Steel Men by Theresa Tomlinson
1996 Winner Junk by Melvin Burgess Highly Commended The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine Commended Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett Shortlist Weirdo's War by Michael Coleman Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird Clockwork or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman illustrated by Peter Bailey Love in Cyberia by Chloe Rayban Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt
1995 Winner Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman Highly Commended Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt Commended Raider by Susan Gates Shortlist Granny the Pag by Nina Bawden In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier The Bronte Girls by Garry Kilworth The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo Thomas and the Tinners by Jill Paton Walsh
1994 Winner Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin Highly Commended Willa and Old Miss Annie by Berlie Doherty Maphead by Lesley Howarth Shortlist Broken Bridge by Lynne Reid Banks Arthur, High King of Britain by Michael Morpurgo Griffin's Castle by Jenny Nimmo A Time of Fire by Robert Westall The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
1993 Winner Stone Cold by Robert Swindells Highly Commended The Baby and Fly Pie by Melvin Burgess The Stone Mouse by Jenny Nimmo 1992 Winner Flour Babies by Anne Fine Highly Commended Gulf by Robert Westall 1991 Winner Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty Highly Commended The Story Of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt 1990 Winner Wolf by Gillian Cross Highly Commended The Cry of the Wolf by Melvin Burgess The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall
1989 Winner Goggle-eyes by Anne Fine Highly Commended Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine illustrated by Philippe Dupasquier The Charlie Barber Treatment by Carole Lloyd 1988 Winner A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean Highly Commended A Map of Nowhere by Gillian Cross Eva by Peter Dickinson Red Sky in the Morning by Elizabeth Laird 1987 Winner The Ghost Drum by Susan Price Highly Commended Memory by Margaret Mahy 1986 Winner Granny was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty Highly Commended Isaac Campion by Janni Howker 1985 Winner Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland Highly Commended The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker 1984 Winner The Changeover by Margaret Mahy Highly Commended Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells 1983 Winner Handles by Jan Mark Highly Commended Talking in Whispers by James Watson 1982 Winner The Haunting by Margaret Mahy Highly Commended The Dark Behind the Curtain by Gillian Cross 1981 Winner The Scarecrows by Robert Westall Highly Commended The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam 1980 Winner City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson illustrated by Michael Foreman Highly Commended Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark
1979 Winner Tulku by Peter Dickinson Highly Commended The Castle Story by Sheila Sancha 1978 Winner The Exeter Blitz by David Rees 1977 Winner The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp 1976 Winner Thunder and Lightnings by Jan Mark 1975 Winner The Machine-Gunners by Robert Westall 1974 Winner The Stronghold by Mollie Hunter Highly Commended The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1863 by Ian Ribbons 1973 Winner The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively 1972 Winner Watership Down by Richard Adams 1971 Winner Josh by Ivan Southall 1970 Winner The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield illustrated by Charles Keeping
1969 Winner The Edge of the Cloud by Kathleen Peyton 1968 Winner The Moon in the Cloud by Rosemary Harris 1967 Winner The Owl Service by Alan Garner Highly Commended The Dream Time by Henry Treece 1966 Highly Commended The Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, 1066 by Norman Denny & Josephine Filmer-Sankey 1965 Winner The Grange at High Force by Philip Turner 1964 Winner Nordy Bank by Sheena Porter 1963 Winner Time of Trial by Hester Burton illustrated by Victor Ambrus 1962 Winner The Twelve and the Genii by Pauline Clarke 1961 Winner A Stranger at Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston 1960 Winner The Making of Man by Dr IW Cornwall
1959 Winner The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff 1958 Winner Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce 1957 Winner A Grass Rope by William Mayne 1956 Winner The Last Battle by CS Lewis 1955 Winner The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon 1954 Winner Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch (Ronald Oliver Felton) Highly Commended Lavender's Blue by Kathleen Lines illustrated by Harold Jones 1953 Winner A Valley Grows Up by Edward Osmond 1952 Winner The Borrowers by Mary Norton 1951 Winner The Woolpack by Cynthia Harnett 1950 Winner The Lark on the Wing by Elfrida Vipont Foulds
1949 Winner The Story of Your Home by Agnes Allen 1948 Winner Sea Change by Richard Armstrong 1947 Winner Collected Stories for Children by Walter de la Mare 1946 Winner The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge 1944 Winner The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater 1942 Winner The Little Grey Men by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) 1941 Winner We Couldn’t Leave Dinah by Mary Treadgold 1940 Winner Visitors from London by Kitty Barne
1939 Winner Radium Woman by Eleanor Doorly 1938 Winner The Circus is Coming by Noel Streatfield 1937 Winner The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett 1936 Winner Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome Commended Sampson's Circus by Howard Spring Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild