Costa Children's Book Award

2021

Winner
The Crossing by Manjeet Mann

Shortlist
Maggie Blue and the Dark World by Anna Goodall
The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter

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Novel

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

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

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

Shortlist
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

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