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2021
Shortlist
Maggie Blue and the Dark World by Anna Goodall
The Crossing by Manjeet Mann
The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter
2020
Winner
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant

Shortlist
Wranglestone by Darren Charlton
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson illustrated by Rob Biddulph
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
2019
Winner
Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan

Shortlist
Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
In the Shadow of Heroes by Nicholas Bowling
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
Costa Children's Book Award
2018
Winner
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay

Shortlist
The Colour of the Sun by David Almond
Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
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2017
Winner
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

Shortlist
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
 
2016
Winner
The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan
 
Shortlist
Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
The Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
 
2015
Winner
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
 
Shortlist
Sophie Someone by Hayley Long
An Island of Our Own by Sally Nicholls
Jessica's Ghost by Andrew Norriss
 
2014
Winner
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
 
Shortlist
Running Girl by Simon Mason
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
 
2013
Winner
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell
 
Shortlist
Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery
The Hanged Man Rises by Sarah Naughton
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
 
2012
Winner
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
 
Shortlist
The Seeing by Diana Hendry
What’s Up With Jody Barton? by Hayley Long
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Rhymes by Dave Shelton
 
2011
Winner
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
 
Shortlist
Flip by Martyn Bedford
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
 
2010
Winner
Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
 
Shortlist
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon by Jonathon Stroud
 
2009
Winner
The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking, Book Two by Patrick Ness
 
Shortlist
Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
Troubadour by Mary Hoffman
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
 
2008
Winner
Just Henry by Michelle Magorian
 
Shortlist
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
 
2007
Winner
The Bower Bird by Ann Kelley
 
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Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
 
2006
Winner
Set in Stone by Linda Newbery
 
Shortlist
Clay by David Almond
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
 
Whitbread Children's Book Award
2005
Winner
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
 
Shortlist
Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay
 
2004
Winner
Not the End of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
Shortlist
Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
No Shame, No Fear by Ann Turnbull
 
2003
Winner
The Fire-Eaters by David Almond
 
Shortlist
The Oracle by Catherine Fisher
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Naked Without a Hat by Jeanne Willis
 
2002
Winner
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
 
Shortlist
Exodus by Julie Bertagna
Sorceress by Celia Rees
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
 
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award
(1996-8 ineligible for Book of the Year Award)
2001
Winner
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
 
Shortlist
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
The Lady and the Squire by Terry Jones
 
2000
Winner
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
 
Shortlist
Heaven Eyes by David Almond
The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Troy by Adele Geras
 
1999
Winner
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by JK Rowling
 
Shortlist
Meeting Midnight by Carol Ann Duffy
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
 
1998
Winner
Skellig by David Almond
 
Shortlist
Sweet Clarinet by James Riordan
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by JK Rowling
Abomination by Robert Swindells
 
1997
Winner
Aquila by Andrew Norriss
 
Shortlist
Junk by Melvin Burgess
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
Harry and the Wrinklies by Alan Temperley
 
1996
Winner
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
 
Shortlist
The Trokeville Way by Russell Hoban
Plundering Paradise by Geraldine McCaughrean
Clockwork or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman
 
Beefeater Children's Novel Award
1995
Winner
The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo
 
Shortlist
The Parsley Parcel by Elizabeth Arnold
Kasper in the Glitter by Philip Ridley
 
Whitbread Children's Novel Award
1994
Winner
Gold Dust by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
1993
Winner
Flour Babies by Anne Fine
 
1992
Winner
The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross
 
1991
Winner
Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry
 
1990
Winner
AK by Peter Dickinson
 
1989
Winner
Why Weeps the Brogan? by Hugh Scott
 
1988
Winner
Awaiting Developments by Judy Allen
 
1987
Winner
A Little Lower than the Angels by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
1986
Winner
The Coal House by Andrew Taylor
 
1985
Winner
The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker
 
1984
Winner
The Queen of the Pharisees' Children by Barbara Willard
 
1983
Winner
The Witches by Roald Dahl
 
1982
Winner
The Song of Pentecost by WJ Corbett
 
1981
Winner
The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam
 
1980
Winner
John Diamond by Leon Garfield
 
1979
Winner
Tulku by Peter Dickinson
 
Whitbread Children's Book Award
1978
Winner
The Battle of Bubble & Squeak by Philippa Pearce
 
1977
Winner
No End to Yesterday by Shelagh MacDonald
 
1976
Winner
A Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively
 
1974
Winner
How Tom Beat Captain Najork & His Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake
 
1974
Winner
The Emperor's Winding Sheet by Jill Paton Walsh
 
1973
Winner
The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast by Alan Aldridge & William Plomer
 
1972
Winner
The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden