Guardian Children's Award (1967-2010)

2010 information from The Guardian accessed 6/3/10

Prisoner of the Inquisition, by Theresa Breslin
Now, by Morris Gleitzman(#3 after Once and Then)

Unhooking the Moon, by Gregory Hughes

The Ogre of Oglefort, by Eva Ibbotson

Sparks, by Ally Kennen

Lob, by Linda Newbery, illustrated by Pam Smy
Ghost Hunter, by Michelle Paver (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness#6) -- Winner!

White Crow, by Marcus Sedgwick

2009 information from The Guardian accessed 10/15/09

The 2009 longlist

Genesis by Bernard Beckett

Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd

The Silver Blade by Sally Gardner

Then by Morris Gleitzman (sequel to Once)

Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn

Exposure by Mal Peet -- Winner!

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a prominent award for works of children's literature by British or Commonwealth authors, published in the UK during the preceding year. The award has been given annually since 1967, and is decided by a panel of authors and the review editor for The Guardian's children's books section. It may be compared with the American Newbery Medal.

The Guardian also promotes a literary prize for adult fiction, see Guardian First Book Award.


List of winners

* 2009 Exposure by Mal Peet

* 2008 Patrick Ness, Knife of Never Letting Go (Walker Books)
* 2007 Jenny Valentine, Finding Violet Park -- USA Title: Me, the Missing, and the Dead
* 2006 Philip Reeve, A Darkling Plain (Scholastic)
* 2005 Kate Thompson, The New Policeman
* 2004 Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now (Puffin)
* 2003 Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (David Fickling)
* 2002 Sonya Hartnett, Thursday's Child (Walker)
* 2001 Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Seeing Stone (Orion)
* 2000 Jacqueline Wilson, The Illustrated Mum (Transworld)
* 1999 Susan Price, The Sterkarm Handshake (Scholastic)
* 1998 Henrietta Branford, Fire, Bed and Bone (Walker)
* 1997 Melvin Burgess, Junk (Penguin)
* 1996 Joint Winners:

o Philip Pullman, Northern Lights (Scholastic; published in North America as The Golden Compass)

o Alison Prince, The Sherwood Hero (Macmillan)
* 1995 Lesley Howarth, MapHead (Walker Books)
* 1994 Sylvia Waugh, The Mennyms (Julia MacRae)
* 1993 William Mayne, Low Tide (Cape)
* 1992 Joint Winners:
o Rachel Anderson, Paper Faces (Oxford University Press)
o Hilary McKay, The Exiles (Gollancz)
* 1991 Robert Westall, The Kingdom by the Sea (Methuen)
* 1990 Anne Fine, Goggle-Eyes (Hamish Hamilton)
* 1989 Geraldine McCaughrean, A Pack of Lies (Oxford University Press)
* 1988 Ruth Thomas, The Runaways (Hutchinson)
* 1987 James Aldridge, The True Story of Spit MacPhee (Viking Kestrel)
* 1986 Ann Pilling, Henry's Leg (Viking Kestrel)
* 1985 Ted Hughes, What is the Truth (Faber)
* 1984 Dick King-Smith, The Sheep-Pig (Gollancz) (this book served as the basis for the movie Babe)
* 1983 Anita Desai, Village by the Sea (Heinemann)
* 1982 Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mr Tom (Kestrel)
* 1981 Peter Carter, The Sentinels (Oxford University Press)
* 1980 Ann Schlee, The Vandal (Macmillan)
* 1979 Andrew Davies, Conrad's War (Blackie)
* 1978 Diana Wynne Jones, Charmed Life (Macmillan)
* 1977 Peter Dickinson, The Blue Hawk (Gollancz)
* 1976 Nina Bawden, The Peppermint Pig (Gollancz)
* 1975 Winifred Cawley, Gran at Coalgate (Oxford University Press)
* 1974 Barbara Willard, The Iron Lily (Longman Young Books)
* 1973 Richard Adams, Watership Down (Rex Collings)
* 1972 Gillian Avery, A Likely Lad (Collins)
* 1971 John Christopher, The Guardians (Hamilton)
* 1970 K. M. Peyton, Flambards (Oxford University Press)
* 1969 Joan Aiken, The Whispering Mountain (Cape)
* 1968 Alan Garner, The Owl Service (Collins)
* 1967 Leon Garfield, Devil-in-the-Fog (Constable)

Shortlisted books

* 2008

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic (Macmillan)

Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

Jenny Downham, Before I Die (Definitions)
Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go (Walker)
* 2007
Mary Hoffman, The Falconer's Knot (Bloomsbury)
Sally Prue, The Truth Sayer (Oxford)
Andy Stanton, Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire (Egmont)
Jenny Valentine, Finding Violet Park (HarperCollins)
* 2006
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed (Macmillan)
Patrick Cave, Blown Away (Simon and Schuster)
Frances Hardinge, Fly by Night (Macmillan)
Philip Reeve, A Darkling Plain (Scholastic)
* 2005
Julie Hearn, The Merrybegot
Alex Shearer, The Hunted
Tim Wynne-Jones, The Boy in the Burning House
* 2004
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Millions
Ann Turnbull, No Shame, No Fear
Leslie Wilson, Last Train from Kummersdorf
* 2003
Kevin Brooks, Lucas
Alex Shearer, The Speed of the Dark
David Almond, The Fire Eaters
* 2002
Keith Gray, Warehouse
Elizabeth Laird, Jake's Tower
Linda Newbery, The Shell House
Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Marcus Sedgwick, The Dark Horse
* 2001
Allan Ahlberg, My Brother's Ghost
Celia Rees, Witch Child
Karen Wallace, Raspberries on the Yangtze
* 2000
David Almond, Kit's Wilderness
Bernard Ashley, Little Soldier
Susan Cooper, King of Shadows
Jan Mark, The Eclipse of the Century
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
* 1998
Jamila Gavin, The Track of the Wind (Mammoth)

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Jane Stemp, Secret Songs (Hodder Children's Books)
* 1996
Beverley Naidoo, No Turning Back
* 1994
Jamila Gavin, The Eye of the Horse
* 1992
Jamila Gavin, The Wheel of Surya - Special runner-up
* 1990
Gillian Cross, Wolf
* 1987
Anne Fine, Madame Doubtfire (Puffin)
* 1984
Anne Fine, The Granny Project (Puffin)
* 1983
Gillian Cross, The Dark Behind the Curtain
* 1980
Gillian Cross, The Iron Way
* 1975
Anne Fine, The Summer House Loon (Puffin)



Longlisted books

* 2008
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic (Macmillan)
Tanya Landman, The Goldsmith's Daughter (Walker)
Rhiannon Lassiter, Bad Blood (Oxford)
Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child (David Fickling Books)
Jenny Downham, Before I Die (Definitions)
Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go (Walker)
Anthony McGowan, The Knife that Killed Me (Definitions)
* 2007
Allan Ahlberg, The Boyhood of Burglar Bill (Puffin)
Charlie Fletcher, Stoneheart (Hodder)
Mary Hoffman, The Falconer's Knot (Bloomsbury)
Tim Lott, Fearless (Walker)
Mal Peet, The Penalty (Walker)
Sally Prue, The Truth Sayer (Oxford)
Andy Stanton, Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire (Egmont)
Jenny Valentine, Finding Violet Park (HarperCollins)
* 2006
David Almond, Clay (Hodder)
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed (Macmillan)
Patrick Cave, Blown Away (Simon and Schuster)
Siobhan Dowd, A Swift Pure Cry
Frances Hardinge, Fly by Night (Macmillan)
Jill Murphy, The Worst Witch Saves the Day (Penguin)
Philip Reeve, A Darkling Plain (Scholastic)
Tim Wynne-Jones, The Survival Game (Usborne)
* 2005
Kevin Brooks, Candy (Chicken House)
Michelle Paver, Wolf Brother (Orion)
Philippa Pearce, The Little Gentleman (Puffin)
Christopher Russell, Brind and the Dogs of War (Puffin)
* 2004
Patricia Elliott, Murkmere (Hodder)
Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful (Collins)
Kevin Brooks, Kissing the Rain (Chicken House)
Jan Mark, Useful Idiots (David Fickling)
* 2003
Jean Ure, Bad Alice
Marcus Sedgwick, The Book of Dead Days
Keith Gray, Malarkey
Simon French, Where in the World
* 2002
Bernard Ashley, Revenge House (Orchard)
Julie Bertagna, Exodus (Macmillan)
Susan Cooper, Green Boy (Bodley Head)
* 2001
Adèle Geras, Troy (Fickling/Scholastic)
Gaye Hiçyilmaz, Girl in Red (Orion)
Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan)
Margaret Mahy, 24 hours (Collins)
Jan Mark, Heathrow Nights (Hodder)
Beverley Naidoo, The Other Side of Truth (Puffin)