The Bones of Me by Kel Duckhouse, edited by Harriet Birkinshaw (Flying Eye Books)
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch, edited by Siobhàn Parkinson (Little Island Books)
Running Out of Time by Simon Fox, edited by Tom Bonnick (Nosy Crow)
The Spectaculars by Jodie Garnish, edited by Becky Walker and Alice Moloney (Usborne)
The Miraculous Sweetmakers by Natasha Hastings, edited by Michelle Misra (HarperCollins Children’s Books), illustrated by Alex T. Smith
The Whisperling by Hayley Hoskins, edited by Katie Sinfield (Puffin)
Wishes Come in Threes by Andy Jones, edited by Non Pratt (Walker Books)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks by Emily Kenny, edited by Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat)
Seed by Caryl Lewis, edited by Sarah Hughes (Macmillan Children’s Books), illustrated by George Ermos
Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Linn, edited by Gráinne Clear (Walker Books)
Mia and the Lightcasters by Janelle McCurdy, edited by Leah Thaxton (Faber)
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna, edited by Felicity Alexander (Welbeck Flame)
Rapunzella, or Don’t Touch My Black Hair by Ella McLeod, edited by Yasmin Morrissey and Genevieve Herr (Scholastic)
The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail, edited by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books)
The Bird Singers by Eve Wersocki Morris, edited by Jenna Mackintosh (Hodder Children’s Books)
Ellie Pillai is Brown by Christine Pillainayagam, edited by Leah Thaxton (Faber)
The Haunting of Tyrese Walker by J.P. Rose, edited by Chloe Sackur (Andersen Press)
If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So, edited by Mattie Whitehead and Ella Whiddett (Little Tiger)
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman, edited by Ali Dougal (Simon and Schuster)
The Map of Leaves by Yarrow Townsend, edited by Rachel Leyshon (Chicken House)
The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries by J.T. Williams, edited by Liz Bankes and Aleena Hasan (Farshore)
