2023: Ellie Pillai is Brown
Author: Christine Pillainayagam
Editor: Leah Thaxton
Publisher: Faber: YA
The Other 2023 Nominees
The Bones of Me by Kel Duckhouse, edited by Harriet Birkinshaw (Flying Eye Books) YA
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch, edited by Siobhán Parkinson (Little Island Books) YA
Seed by Caryl Lewis, edited by Sarah Hughes, illustrated by George Ermos (Macmillan Children’s Books) 8+
Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin, edited by Gráinne Clear (Walker Books) 11+
The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail, edited by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books) YA
The Haunting of Tyrese Walker by J P Rose, edited by Chloe Thackur (Andersen Press) 11+
The Map of Leaves by Yarrow Townsend, edited by Rachel Leyshon (Chicken House) 9+
2022: Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
Author: Maisie Chan
Editor: Georgia Murray
Publisher: Piccadilly Press: 9+
The Other 2022 Nominees
Skin of the Sea
Natasha Bowen, edited by Carmen McCullough and Tricia Lin (Penguin) YA
The Upper World
Femi Fadugba, edited by Emma Jones, Stephanie Stein & Asmaa Isse (Penguin) YA
Grow
Luke Palmer, edited by Penny Thomas (Firefly Press) YA
The Valley of Lost Secrets
Lesley Parr, edited by Zöe Griffiths (Bloomsbury) 9+
Digger and Me
Ros Roberts, edited by Ella Whiddett and Ruth Bennett (Little Tiger) 9+
The Boy who Made Everyone Laugh
Helen Rutter, edited by Lauren Fortune (Scholastic) 9+
Grimwood
Nadia Shireen, edited by Ali Dougal (Simon and Schuster) 7+
