The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author of the book by ''

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'' newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It was a lifetime award in that previous winners were not eligible. At least from 2000 the prize was £1,500. The prize was apparently discontinued after 2016, though no formal announcement appears to have been made.

Recent winners

Piers Torday won the 2014 Guardian Prize, announced 13 November, for ''The Dark Wild'' from

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. It is the second book of a trilogy inaugurated by ''The Last Wild'', whose conclusion ''The Wild Beyond'' is forthcoming April 2015. The judges were ''Guardian'' children's book editor

Julia Eccleshare Julia Eccleshare MBE (born 1951) is a British journalist and writer on the subject of children's books. She has been Children's Books editor for '' The Guardian'' newspaper for more than ten years, at least from 2000. She is also an editorial co ...

and three British children's writers (as always): 2012 prize winner Frank Cottrell Boyce,

Gillian Cross Gillian Cross (born 1945) is a British author of children's books. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for ''Wolf'' and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for ''The Great Elephant Chase''. She also wrote '' The Demon Headmaster'' book series ...

, and Katherine Rundell. The longlist of eight was announced late in June, the shortlist of four early in October. * Kate DiCamillo, '' Flora & Ulysses'', illus. K. G. Campbell ( Walker Books), Age 9+ *

Natasha Farrant Natasha Eleni Farrant (born 29 May 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, South East Stars, Oval Invincibles and England. She plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. She has previously played for Southern Vipers in the ...

, ''Flora in Love'' ( Faber & Faber), Age 12+ *

Candy Gourlay Candy Gourlay (formerly Candy Quimpo) is a Filipino author based in the United Kingdom who has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Biography Candy Gourlay was born and raised in the Philippines. Career Author Her debut novel ''Tall Story ...

, ''Shine'' ( David Fickling Books), Age 12+ *

E. Lockhart Emily Jenkins (born September 13, 1967), who sometimes uses the pen name E. Lockhart, is an American writer of children's picture books, young-adult novels, and adult fiction. She is known best for the Ruby Oliver quartet (which begins with ...

, ''We Were Liars'', (

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; U.S., Delacorte Press), Age 12+ *

S. F. Said S. F. Said (born 1967) is a British children's writer. His first novel was '' Varjak Paw'' (2003), illustrated by Dave McKean and published by David Fickling Books in January 2003; four months later in the U.S., ''Varjak Paw'' won the 2003 Nestl ...

, ''Phoenix'', illus.

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( David Fickling Books), Age 10+ * Marcus Sedgwick, ''She Is Not Invisible'' ( Orion Books), Age 12+ * Francesca Simon, ''The Lost Gods'' (Faber/ Profile), Age 9+ * Piers Torday, ''The Dark Wild'' (Quercus), Age 11+ DiCamillo and ''Flora & Ulysses'' won the annual Newbery Medal from the American Library Association as the most distinguished US children's book published during 2013. Torday was inspired to write books by the success of his father, Paul Torday (1946–2013), whose first book was published in 2006 when he was 59 years old. ;Latest rendition Rebecca Stead of New York City won the 2013 Guardian Prize, covering books published August 2012 to July 2013, for ''Liar & Spy'', which was published by Andersen Press in the UK and Wendy Lamb Books in the US. Stead became the first winning writer from outside the British Commonwealth in the second year that all new children's books published in Britain were eligible.

History

The prize was established in 1965 as the "only children's book award made to writers by their fellow authors"(2005 shortlist) and inaugurated by the 1967 award to Leon Garfield for ''Devil in the Fog'' ( Constable & Co., 1966). Through the 2000 prize, announced 28 March, it recognised one book published in the UK during the preceding calendar year. Between the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 cycles, the prize schedule was rearranged to culminate in October during Booktrust Children's Book Week. " ction for children aged seven and above, published in the UK between January 2000 and September 2001" (21 months) was eligible for the 2001 prize. Publishers were required to submit no more than ten entries by April 30. At the same time, a summer program was inaugurated, using the newspaper's educational website and featuring a longlist announced in July. The program initially comprised merely an opportunity to vote for longlist favourites, comments by the judges to guide summer reading, and advice on "how to build a classic library of children's books".(2001 longlist) A version of the ongoing Young Critics contest was inaugurated in 2002 and the program has expanded since then to include online discussion and author interviews and appearances. Meanwhile, announcement of the longlist has advanced to late May or early June and announcement of the winner has retreated to November.

Conditions

The shortlist of no more than four books and the winner were selected by three children's fiction writers, almost always including the latest winner. ''The Guardian'' described the prize as the only children's book award winner selected by peers. The newspaper's children's book editor

participated (from 2000-2016) in selection of the longlist and thereafter chaired the panel of final judges. In years to 2016 there was a longlist of eight books announced in May or June, a shortlist of no more than four announced in September, and a single winner. The longlist was the foundation for a summer program of reading, reviewing, and discussion. The U.K. publishers of eligible books entered them for the prize with a fee, although the chair may call for submission. The publication year is August to July of the current year, but May, June, and July books must be submitted in advance. Books originally published in another language were eligible in English translation for five years. Routinely, eligible books were entered for the prize by their UK publishers, as many as ten books each (2000) although chair Eccleshare also called for particular submissions.

Winners

Through 2016 there were 52 prizes awarded in 49 years covering 1966 to mid-2015 publications. There were co-winners in 1992 and 1996.

Winners of multiple awards

Six books have won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal (inaugurated 1936), which annually recognizes an outstanding book for children or young adults. (Dates are years of U.K. publication, which were Carnegie award dates before 2006.) * Alan Garner, ''The Owl Service'' (1967) * Richard Adams, ''Watership Down'' (1972) * Geraldine McCaughrean, ''A Pack of Lies'' (1988) * Anne Fine, ''Goggle-Eyes'' (1989) * Philip Pullman, ''His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights'' (1995) * Melvin Burgess, ''Junk'' (1996) ''Northern Lights'' was named "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the 70-year celebration of that award in 2007. 2003. ''

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Mark Haddon Mark Haddon (born 28 October 1962) is an English novelist, best known for ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Wr ...

(David Fickling, 2002) won the 2003

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as the year's best novel (not children's book) and the "Book of the Year" across all five categories. ''The Guardian'' children's book editor Eccleshare wrote, "Published on both an adult and a children's list, it is one of the few titles for which the ubiquitous claim of "crossover" is not a gimmick. It genuinely has equal, though different, appeal to all readers – 15-year-old Christopher Boone's narrative voice is at once childlike in its observations, and adult in its profundity."(2003 winner) 2001. ''

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'' by Kevin Crossley-Holland won the

Tir na n-Og Award The Tir na n-Og Awards (abbreviated TnaO) are a set of annual children's literary awards in Wales from 1976. They are presented by the Books Council of Wales to the best books published during the preceding calendar year in each of three awards ca ...

, best English-language book for young people with "authentic Welsh background".

Summer programme

The Young Critics competition was inaugurated in 2002 and is still underway. The newspaper solicited 200-word reviews of books on the longlist from children 16 and younger, with the prize being "a day editing and printing up their reviews".(retrospective by CA, 23 Sep 2002) Ten years later there are dual competitions for children 17 and younger, one for individuals and one for teams of at least four schoolmates. There are cash prizes and free sets of the longlist books to the winners. Up to 30 students from the winning school also get a day at one ''Guardian'' site.(2012 Young Critics) The Young Critics contests are judged by Eccleshare, who also helps select the longlist, and another ''Guardian'' edito
"''The Guardian'' Young Critics Competition 2012"
Beside the competition there is a summer book club that features one longlist book each week, with author interviews and discussion.

Longlists and shortlists

Since the award cycle was rescheduled to conclude late in the year, between 2000 and 2001, a "longlist" of seven to ten books has been announced near mid-year, recently in May. During that same period, a shortlist of four to six books has been announced a few months later. Bold and hash (#) mark the winner, plus (+) marks the rest of the shortlist, and dash (–) marks the rest of the longlist. 2015 (8) : #

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, ''A Song for Ella Grey'' (Hodder) : + Frances Hardinge, ''The Lie Tree'' (Macmillan) : +

Sally Nicholls Sally Nicholls (born 22 June 1983) is a prize-winning British children's book author. Life Nicholls was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, England. She attended Great Ayton Friends' School until its closure and subsequently Egglescliff ...

, ''An Island of our Own'' (Scholastic) : +

Kate Saunders Kate Saunders (born 4 May 1960 in London) is an English writer, actress and journalist. She has won the Betty Trask Award and the Costa Children's Book Award and been twice shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Biography Kate Saunders is the da ...

, ''Five Children on the Western Front'' (Faber) – sequel to the 1902 classic ''

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'' : - Cece Bell, ''El Deafo'' (Amulet Books) : - Sarah Crossan, ''Apple and Rain'' (Bloomsbury) : -

Jennifer Niven Jennifer Niven is a New York Times and international best selling American author who is best known for the 2015 young adult book, '' All the Bright Places''. Life and career Niven grew up in Indiana. As well as writing novels, Niven has als ...

, ''All the Bright Places'' (Penguin) : - Jon Walter, ''My Name's Not Friday'' (David Fickling) 2014 (8)Flood, Alison (13 November 2014)
"Piers Torday wins Guardian children’s fiction prize for eco-adventure"
''The Guardian''. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
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, ''We Were Liars'', (Hot Key; U.S., Delacorte) 12+ : +

, ''Phoenix'', illus.

(David Fickling) 10+ : –

, ''Flora in Love'' (Faber) 12+ : –

, ''Shine'' (David Fickling) 12+ : – Marcus Sedgwick, ''She Is Not Invisible'' (Orion) 12+ : – Francesca Simon, ''The Lost Gods'' (Faber/Profile) 9+ DiCamillo and ''Flora & Ulysses'' won the annual Newbery Medal from the American Library Association as the most distinguished U.S. children's book published during 2013. The longlist and shortlist were announced 28 June and 4 October, both about a month later than usual. 2013 (8)Bury, Liz (23 October 2013)
"Guardian children's fiction prize goes to Rebecca Stead"
''The Guardian''. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
See also the footer directory "more on this story". : # Rebecca Stead, ''Liar & Spy'' (Andersen), Age 10+ : +

, '' The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas'', illus.

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(Walker), Age 9+ : + John Green, ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (Penguin), Age 12+ : + Katherine Rundell, ''Rooftoppers'' (Faber), Age 10+ : –

, ''After Tomorrow'' (Oxford), Age 10+ : –

Sally Gardner Sally Gardner is a British children writer and illustrator. She won both the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for ''Maggot Moon'' (Hot Key Books, 2012). Under her pseudonym Wray Delaney she has also written adult novels.

, ''Maggot Moon'' (Hot Key Books), Age 12+ : –

William Sutcliffe William Sutcliffe (born 9 March 1971) is a British novelist. He has written many acclaimed novels, spanning genres from satire to YA fiction. His 2008 book ''Whatever Makes You Happy'' has been adapted into a 2019 film by Netflix, under the titl ...

, ''The Wall'' (Bloomsbury), Age 12+ : – Lydia Syson, ''A World Between Us'' (Hot Key Books), Age 14+ Stead was the first American winner of the Prize, which was opened to writers from outside the British Commonwealth in 2012. Gardner and ''Maggot Moon'' won the annual Carnegie Medal from the

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, recognizing the best children's book published in Britain during the twelve months to August 2012. 2012 (8) : # Frank Cottrell Boyce, ''The Unforgotten Coat'', photographs by Carl Hunter and Clare Heney (Walker) 9+ : + Roddy Doyle, ''A Greyhound of a Girl'' (Scholastic) 12+ : +

Jack Gantos Jack Gantos (born July 2, 1951) is an American author of children's books. He is best known for the fictional characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Rotten Ralph is a cat who stars in twenty picture books written by Gantos and illustrated by ...

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Dead End in Norvelt ''Dead End in Norvelt'' is an autobiographical novel by the American author Jack Gantos, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2011. It features a boy named Jack Gantos and is based in the author's hometown, Norvelt, Pennsylvania. According ...

'' (Corgi) 12+ : +

Eva Ibbotson Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson (née Wiesner; born 21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010) was a British novelist born in Austria to a Jewish family who fled the Nazis. She is known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adul ...

, ''The Abominables'' (Scholastic) 8+ : – Aidan Chambers, ''Dying to Know You'' (Bodley Head) 14+ : – Russell Hoban, ''Soonchild'', illus. Alexis Deacon (Walker) 14+ : –

Ally Kennen Ally Kennen (born 1975) is a British author of adventure novels for children and teens. Some of her books have been marketed as thrillers and they may be classed as horror fiction. She was born in Somerset and grew up on a farm in the Exmoor r ...

, ''Bullet Boys'' (Scholastic) 14+ : –

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, ''A Boy and a Bear in a Boat'' (David Fickling) 9+ This was Eva Ibbotson's second year on the shortlist after her death October 2010. Gantos and ''

'' won the Newbery Medal for calendar year 2011's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature" (for readers up to age 14)."Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka win Newbery, Caldecott Medals"
. Press release 23 January 2012.

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. Retrieved 2012-06-18. 2011 (8) : # Andy Mulligan, ''Return to Ribblestrop'' (Simon & Schuster) 10+ : +

, '' My Name is Mina'' (Hodder) 9+ : + Frances Hardinge, ''Twilight Robbery'' (Macmillan) 11+ : + Simon Mason, ''Moon Pie'' (David Fickling) 10+ : –

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, ''Small Change for Stuart'' (Doubleday) 8+ : – Saci Lloyd, ''Momentum'' (Hodder) 12+ : –

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, ''My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece'' (Orion) 10+ : –

Andy Stanton Andy Joel Stanton (born 14 November 1973) is an English children's writer. He is best known for writing the ''Mr Gum'' series (illustrated by David Tazzyman), through which he made a popular contribution to children's literature. Stanton's wr ...

, ''Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout'', illus. David Tazzyman (Egmont) 7+ Mulligan made the 2012 Carnegie Medal shortlist with a different work, ''Trash'' (late 2010). Almond, Evans, and Pitcher made that shortlist with their Guardian Prize contenders. 2010 (8) : #

Michelle Paver Michelle Paver (born 7 September 1960) is a British novelist and children's writer, known for the historical fantasy series ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'', set in prehistoric Europe. For the sixth book of the series, '' Ghost Hunter'' (2009 ...

, '' Ghost Hunter'' (Orion) 10+ : + Morris Gleitzman, ''Now'' (Puffin) 9+ : + Gregory Hughes, ''Unhooking the Moon'' (Quercus) 11+ : +

, ''The Ogre of Oglefort'' (Macmillan) 8+ : –

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, ''Prisoner of the Inquisition'' (Doubleday) 12+ : –

, ''Sparks'' (Marion Lloyd Books) 9+ : – Linda Newbery, ''Lob'', illustrated by Pam Smy (David Fickling) 8+ : – Marcus Sedgwick, ''White Crow'' (Orion) 13+ Paver won for concluding a six-volume series. According to JE, "It's relatively rare for a book late in a series to win a major prize, but the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is such a towering achievement, as a whole as well as in terms of the individual books, that it was our unanimous choice." But Philip Reeve won in 2006 for concluding a four-volume series. On the shortlist, Gleitzman's ''Now'' was the third of a trilogy. Brennan and Sedwick made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2009 (8) : #

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, '' Exposure'' (Walker) : +

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, ''Solace of the Road'' (David Fickling) : + Morris Gleitzman, ''Then'' (Puffin) : + Terry Pratchett, ''

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, ''The Silver Blade'' (Orion) : – Julie Hearn, ''Rowan the Strange'' (Oxford) : – Marcus Sedgwick, ''Revolver'' (Orion) Hearn, Pratchett, and Sedwick made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2008 (7) : # Patrick Ness, '' The Knife of Never Letting Go'' (Walker) 13+ : + Frank Cottrell Boyce, ''Cosmic'' (Macmillan) 9+ : +

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Bog Child ''Bog Child'' is a historical novel by Siobhan Dowd published by David Fickling (UK) and Random House Children's Books (US) on 9 September 2008, more than a year after her death. Set in the 1980s amid the backdrop of the Troubles of Northern Ir ...

'' (David Fickling) 13+ : + Jenny Downham, '' Before I Die'' (Definitions) 13+ : – Tanya Landman, ''The Goldsmith's Daughter'' (Walker) 11+ : – Rhiannon Lassiter, ''Bad Blood'' (Oxford) 12+ : –

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, '' The Knife That Killed Me'' (Definitions) 14+ Siobhan Dowd won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Cottrell Boyce and Ness made the shortlist. 2007 (8) : # Jenny Valentine, '' Finding Violet Park'' (HarperCollins) 12+ : +

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, ''The Falconer's Knot'' (Bloomsbury) 11+ : + Sally Prue, ''The Truth Sayer'' (Oxford) 10+ : +

, ''Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire'' (Egmont) 7+ : – Allan Ahlberg, ''The Boyhood of Burglar Bill'' (Puffin) 8+ : –

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, '' Stoneheart'' (Hodder) 10+ : –

Tim Lott Tim Lott (born 23 January 1956) is a British author. He worked as a music journalist and ran a magazine publishing business, launching '' Flexipop'' magazine in 1980 with ex-''Record Mirror'' journalist Barry Cain. Early life and education In ...

, ''

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, '' The Penalty'' (Walker) 12+ Valentine made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the Prize-winning book. 2006 (8) : # Philip Reeve, ''

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'' (Scholastic) 11+ : + Patrick Cave, ''Blown Away'' (Simon & Schuster) 13+ : + Frank Cottrell Boyce, '' Framed'' (Macmillan) 11+ : + Frances Hardinge, '' Fly by Night'' (Macmillan) 11+ : –

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A Swift Pure Cry ''A Swift Pure Cry '' is a 2006 novel by Siobhan Dowd about a teenager named Shell who lives in County Cork, Ireland. It won the 2007 Branford Boase Award and the Eilís Dillon Award. Plot summary ''A Swift Pure Cry'' opens a year after the ...

'' (Doubleday) 12+ : – Jill Murphy, '' The Worst Witch Saves the Day'' (Penguin) 8–11 : – Tim Wynne-Jones, ''The Survival Game'' (Usborne Publishing) 10+ Reeve won for concluding a four-volume series. Almond and Cottrell Boyce made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2005 (8) : # Kate Thompson, ''

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'' (Bodley Head, Doubleday) 11+ : + Julie Hearn, ''The Merrybegot'' (Oxford) 10+ —a tale of folk religion in the 17th century : +

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, ''The Hunted'' (Macmillan) 11+ : + Tim Wynne-Jones, '' The Boy in the Burning House'' (Groundwood Books, 2000; Usborne) 10+ : – Kevin Brooks, ''

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Wolf Brother ''Wolf Brother'' is the first book in the series ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'' by Michelle Paver. ''Wolf Brother'' takes place six thousand years ago during the Middle Stone Age, and tells the story of twelve-year-old Torak, a boy who can ...

'' (Orion) 9+ : – Philippa Pearce, ''The Little Gentleman'' (Puffin) 9+ : – Christopher Russell, ''Brind and the Dogs of War'' (Puffin) 10+ Paver's book was the first in a series of six, the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (2004 to 2009). She won the 2010 Prize for the concluding volume, ''Ghost Hunter''. 2004 (8) : # Meg Rosoff, ''

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'' (Puffin) 14+ : + Frank Cottrell Boyce, '' Millions'' (Macmillan) 9+ : +

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, '' No Shame, No Fear'' (Walker) 10+ : + Leslie Wilson, ''Last Train from Kummersdorf'' (Faber) 11+ : – Kevin Brooks, ''Kissing the Rain'' (Chicken House) 13+ : –

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, ''Murkmere'' (Hodder) 10+ : – Jan Mark, ''Useful Idiots'' (David Fickling) 13+ : –

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Private Peaceful ''Private Peaceful'' is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World Wa ...

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The Fire Eaters ''The Fire-Eaters'' is a 2003 children's novel by David Almond. Plot introduction The novel is set in 1962, before and during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Bobby Burns, who lives in the quiet coal-mining village of Keely Bay in Northumberland, ha ...

'' (Hodder) 10+ : + Kevin Brooks, '' Lucas'' (Chicken House) 12+ : +

, ''The Speed of the Dark'' (Macmillan) 11+ : –

Keith Gray Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons i ...

, ''Malarkey'' (Red Fox) 13+ : – Simon French, ''Where in the World'' (Little Hare) 9+ : – Marcus Sedgwick, '' The Book of Dead Days'' (Orion) 10+ : – Jean Ure, ''Bad Alice'' (Hodder & Stoughton) 10+ ''The Curious Incident'' won two Whitbread Awards: Novel (not children's book) and overall "Book of the Year". Haddon and Almond made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2002 (9) : # Sonya Hartnett, '' Thursday's Child'' (Penguin Australia, 2000; Walker) 12+ : +

, ''Warehouse'' (Red Fox) 13+ : + Elizabeth Laird, '' Jake's Tower'' (Heinemann, MacMillan) 11+ : + Linda Newbery, ''The Shell House'' (David Fickling) 12+ : + Terry Pratchett, '' The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents'' (Doubleday, Transworld) 11+ —the 28th Discworld book, the first for children : + Marcus Sedgwick, ''The Dark Horse'' (Orion) 12+ : – Bernard Ashley, ''Revenge House'' (Orchard) : –

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, ''

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'' (Macmillan) : – Susan Cooper, ''Green Boy'' (Bodley Head) Pratchett won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Laird, Newbery and Sedgwick made the shortlist. 2001 (10) : # Kevin Crossley-Holland, ''

'' (Orion) 9+ : + Allan Ahlberg, ''My Brother's Ghost'' (Puffin) 9+ : +

Celia Rees Celia Rees (born 17 June 1949) is an English author. Celia Rees was born in Solihull, West Midlands and attended Tudor Grange Grammar School for Girls. She studied History and Politics at Warwick University and has a PGCE and a master's ...

, '' Witch Child'' (Bloomsbury) 11+ : + Karen Wallace, ''Raspberries on the Yangtze'' (Simon & Schuster) 11+ : – Adèle Geras, ''

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'' (Fickling/Scholastic) 11+ : – Gaye Hiçyilmaz, ''Girl in Red'' (Orion) 11+ : –

, '' Journey to the River Sea'' (Macmillan) 10+ : –

Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growi ...

, '' 24 Hours'' (Collins) : – Jan Mark, ''Heathrow Nights'' (Hodder) 12+ : – Beverley Naidoo, '' The Other Side of Truth'' (Puffin) Naidoo won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Geras was a highly commended runner up.

Shortlists before 2001

The longlist was inaugurated July 2001 as the program was rescheduled to conclude in the fall (October) rather than the spring (March). Through year 2000 the award covered books published during the preceding calendar year and the shortlist was the only official distinction other than the Prize itself. 2000"Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2000"
''The Guardian'' 28 March 2000. 2012–. * Jacqueline Wilson, '' The Illustrated Mum'' ( Transworld) *

, '' Kit's Wilderness'' (Hodder Children's Books) * Bernard Ashley, '' Little Soldier'' (Orchard) * Susan Cooper, ''

King of Shadows ''King of Shadows'' is a children's historical novel by Susan Cooper published in 1999 by Penguin In the United Kingdom, it was a finalist for both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Plot Nathan 'Nat' Field is a y ...

'' (Bodley Head) * Jan Mark, ''The Eclipse of the Century'' (Scholastic) * J.K. Rowling, ''

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is the third in the ''Harry Potter'' series. The book follows Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, a young wizard (fantasy), wizard ...

'' (Bloomsbury) ---- 1999 Susan Price The Sterkarm Handshake Scholastic UK *

, '' Kit's Wilderness'' * J.K. Rowling, '' Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (Bloomsbury) 1998 Henrietta Branford Fire, Bed and Bone Walker Books * Jamila Gavin, ''The Track of the Wind'' (Mammoth) which year? * J.K. Rowling, '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (

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) * Jane Stemp, ''Secret Songs'' (

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) 1997 Melvin Burgess Junk Penguin * Jamila Gavin, ''The Track of the Wind'' which year? *

, ''Creepers'' * Terry Pratchett ''Junk'' also won the 1996 Carnegie Medal. 1996 Philip Pullman Northern Lights The Golden Compass (US) Scholastic UK
''and'' Alison Prince The Sherwood Hero Macmillan * Russell Hoban, ''The Trokeville Way'' (Jonathan Cape) * Beverley Naidoo, ''No Turning Back'' ''Northern Lights'' also won the 1995 Carnegie Medal. 1995 Lesley Howarth MapHead Walker Books ---- 1994 : — Jamila Gavin, ''The Eye of the Horse'' 1993 : — Terry Pratchett 1992 : — Jamila Gavin, ''The Wheel of Surya'' – Special runner-up 1991 : —

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'' (Oxford) Cross and ''Wolf'' won the 1990 Carnegie Medal. 1987 : —

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, '' Madame Doubtfire'' ( Puffin) "Runner up" 1984 : —

, ''The Granny Project'' (Puffin) 1983 : —

, ''The Dark Behind the Curtain'' 1980 : —

, ''The Iron Way'' 1975 : —

, ''The Summer House Loon'' (Puffin) 1969 : — John Christopher, '' The Pool of Fire'' ( ) —The Tripods #3

Notes

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Alison Flood. ''The Guardian'', 28 May 2010. 2012– "Children's fiction prize: revenge, romance and revolution: Julia Eccleshare introduces the eight titles on this year's longlist"
Julia Eccleshare. ''The Guardian'', 22 May 2009. 2012– "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners"
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