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Winners
2021
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
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​2020
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon illustrated by Dapo Adeola
 
2019
The Boy At The Back of The Class by Onjali Q Rauf
 
2018
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
 
2017
The Girl Of Ink And Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
 
2016
My Brother is a Superhero by David Solomons illustrated by Laura Ellen Anderson
 
2015
Blown Away by Rob Biddulph
 
2014
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
 
2013
Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher

2012
The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
2011
Winner
Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
 
Shortlist
The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Pain Merchants by Janice Hardy
Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain by Anna Kemp
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2010
Winner
The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
 
Shortlist
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
The Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Desperate Measures by Laura Summers
Meteorite Strike by AG Taylor
The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
2009
Winner
13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
 
Shortlist
How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant by Elen Caldecott
Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
Changeling by Steve Feasey
Gnomes are Forever by Ceci Jenkinson
The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
Mapmaker's Monsters by Rob Stevens
Numbers by Rachel Ward
2008
Winner
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
 
Shortlist
Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
TIM Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
Blue Sky Freedom by Gabrielle Halberstam
Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
Ancient Appetites by Oisin McGann
Stone Goblins by David Melling
Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine
2007
Winner
Darkside by Tom Becker
 
Shortlist
Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L Brittney
Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher by Michael Broad
Sebastian Darke by Philip Caveney
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Bunker 10 by JA Henderson
The Black Book of Secrets by FE Higgins
The Case of the Missing Cats by Gareth P Jones
The Thing with Finn by Tom Kelly
Smugglers by Christopher Russell
2006
Winner
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
 
Shortlist
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll
Gregor and the Rats of Underland by Suzanne Collins
Jack Slater, Monster Investigator by John Dougherty
Ralph the Magic Rabbit by Adam Frost
The Lottery by Beth Goobie
North Child by Edith Pattou
Spymice by Heather Vogel Frederick
2005
Winner
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

Shortlist
Nelly the Monster Sitter by Kes Gray
Siberia by Ann Halam
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
Urchin of the Riding Stars by MI McAllister
The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
Jammy Dodgers on the Run by Bowering Sivers
The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler