BEYOND LUCKY
2011 VOYA Top Shelf for Middle School Readers
This list will appear in the February issue of the magazine.
DEVIL’S KISS
Branford Boase First Novel Award
Shortlisted for the UK's prestigious Branford Boase First Novel Award, along with his editor Lindsey Heaven of Puffin. www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk
Spellbinding - WINNER
Winner of Spellbinding - the Cumbrian Secondary Schools Book Award 2010.
THE POISONED HOUSE
Redbridge Children’s Book Award
Longlisted for the UK's Redbridge Children's Book Award, voted for by readers from 16 secondary schools.
Starred review in the School Library Journal
'This ghost story is light fare, chilling, and suspenseful. Readers who ask for “more like this book” might well be primed for something more substantial, like Henry James himself.'
KIDDO AWARDS
Shortlisted for the KIDDO award.
Warwickshire Book Award
Shortlisted for the Warwickshire Book Award 2012.
Doncaster Book Award
Shortlisted for the Doncaster Book Award.
THE BOY WHO FELL DOWN EXIT 43
Stockport Schools’ Book Award 2010
Shortlisted for this prestigious regional award.
Southwark Book Award 2010
Shortlisted for Southwark Book Award 2010. www.southwarkbookaward.org.uk
New Horizons
Shortlisted for the New Horizons Dorset Young People’s Book Award 2010.
North East Book Award 2010
Shortlisted for the North East Book Award 2010. A major UK children's book prize. www.northeastbookaward.wordpress.com
Blue Peter Book Award 2010
Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award 2010 -“Book I Couldn’t Put Down Category”. One of the most influential children's book prizes in the UK.
The Tower Hamlets Book Award
Shortlisted for The Tower Hamlets Book Award 2010.
The Bedfordshire Chatterbooks Children’s Book of the Year Award 2010 - WINNER
Winner of the Bedfordshire Chatterbooks Award for 2010.
Stockton Children’s Book of the Year Award 2010
Shortlisted for this regional award. Winner to be voted for by schoolchildren in March 2011.
Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2011
Shortlisted for this regional award: http://myvotes.coventry.gov.uk/63/index.cfm?p=vote&cid=753&zz=20101012112536
East Sussex Book Awards 2011
Another regional award in the UK for Harriet Goodwin!
Warwickshire Children’s Book Award 2011
Yet another regional award shortlist for Harriet Goodwin's debut.
Lancashire Library Services Fantastic Book Awards
An incredible 11th awards listing for this ever-popular book.
Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award 2011
An incredible 13th award shortlist for Harriet Goodwin's debut novel!
SEAN GRISWOLD’S HEAD
2012 YALSA Pick
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2012
2013 Beehive Book Award
Young Adult Fiction Nominee for the 2013 Beehive Book Award
Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2012
Nominated for the 2012 Kentucky Bluegrass Award
MORTLOCK
Worcestershire Teen Book Award
One of several UK regional award shortlists for this gothic thriller!
Cheshire Schools Book Award 2010
Another UK regional award shortlist.
Warwickshire Children’s Book Award 2011 - WINNER
Winner of the Warwickshire Children's Book Award 2011.
Leeds Book Award - WINNER
Winner of the 2011 Leeds Book Award.
Calderdale Book Award - WINNER
Winner of the Calderdale Book Award 2011.
Sefton Super Reads Award - WINNER
Winner of the Sefton Super Reads Award 2011.
2011 Salford Children’s Book Award
Jon Mayhew's MORTLOCK has been shortlisted for the 2011 Salford Children's Book Award
THE OTHER SIDE OF BLUE
Agatha Award
Shortlisted for an Agatha Award in the Children’s/Teen category. Agatha Awards are given annually in recognition of traditional mysteries, a la Agatha Christie, in which an amateur sleuth solves the mystery behind a death.
THE REPLACEMENT
New York Times Bestseller list
October, 2010: THE REPLACEMENT debuts in the NYT bestseller list, shortly after publication.
Booklist
September 2010: Starred review - followed by a place in the Top 10 'best first novels for youth published in the last year'.
Booklist’s 2011 Top Ten Horror Books
YOU WILL CALL ME DROG
2011 VOYA Top Shelf for Middle School Readers
The list will appear in the February issue of the magazine.
Hillingdon Book of the Year Award 2012
Shortlisted for this UK regional award, given by the Schools Library Service.
2012 SSLI BOOK AWARD
Named an Honor Book in the Language Arts K-6 category by the Society of School Librarians International
WHAT HAPPENED ON FOX STREET
Starred reviews
Recipient of 3 starred reviews: Booklist, Kirkus and Horn Book
GRAVENHUNGER
Lancashire Libraries (review)
GRAVENHUNGER is an extraordinary novel. It has an unrelenting fast pace that is maintained throughout, yet skilfully balances that alongside real insight into loss, bereavement and repressed feelings and emotions. Somewhere between M R James and Stephen King, the book bristles with chilling uncertainty and is sure to keep readers gripped and guessing until the very end. Gravenhunger Manor and its environs are a wonderfully brooding and malevolent setting that is hard to find parallel for in children's literature. A deliciously dark, yet thought-provoking read. - Jake Hope
Hillingdon Book Prize 2011
Shortlisted for this award.
Stockton Children’s Book Award 2012
Shortlisted for this award.
East Sussex Children’s Book Award 2012
Two in a row! Harriet Goodwin was shortlisted for this award in 2011 for THE BOY WHO FELL DOWN EXIT 43!
Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award 2012
Harriet's first novel, THE BOY WHO FELL DOWN EXIT 43, was also shortlisted for this award in 2011. So this year's shortlisting, for GRAVENHUNGER, makes the double!
Leeds Book Award 2012
Shortlisted for this award.
Stockport Schools’ Book Award
Shortlisted for the Stockport Schools' Book Award 2012.
Brilliant Books - The Oldham Book Award 2012
Shortlisted for this award: http://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200625/brilliant_books_2012
The West Sussex Children’s Book Award 2012/13
GRAVENHUNGER shortlisted for this award.
The Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2012
Yet another regional award shortlist for GRAVENHUNGER! THE BOY WHO FELL DOWN EXIT 43 was also shortlisted for this award.
SYLVIA AND AKI
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award - WINNER
Winner of the 2012 Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Older Children http://www.janeaddamspeace.org/jacba/2012ceremony.shtml
WHAT WE KEEP IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT WILL STAY
Starred review in The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Look for the full review in the September 2011 issue!
Blue Ribbon Best of 2011
Blue Ribbon Best of 2011 of The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books
SOAR, ELINOR!
Junior Library Guild Selection
http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view.dT?isbn=9780374371159 Well done, Tami Lewis Brown, on this selection of your debut picturebook!
THE HEX FACTOR
The Cheshire Schools Book Award 2012
A first shortlisting for Harriet's new book, published Fall 2012.
FRACTURE
Boston Globe Best Young Adult Books of 2012
"The story explores survivor’s guilt and how a glimpse of death can make you rethink life, but the cool part is the science, how Miranda makes us believe about the power of the mind and human perception."
MIST
Peters’ Book of the Year
Shortlisted for Peters’ Book of the Year 2011.
New Horizons Award
Winner of the New Horizons Award 2012.
DARK INSIDE
White Pine Reading 2013
Nominated for the 2013 White Pine Reading Award.
White Pine Award Winner
Winner of the Ontario Library Association's White Pine Award for 2013: http://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/Forest_of_Reading/Welcome/OLAWEB/Forest_of_Reading/Welcome.aspx
THE DEMON COLLECTOR
Chester Schools Book Award 2012
For the second year running, Jon Mayhew is shortlisted for this award, this time for THE DEMON COLLECTOR.
The Cheshire Schools Book Award 2011
The second time Jon Mayhew has been shortlisted for this award.
THE CURIOSITIES - A Collection of Stories
JLG Selection
THE CURIOSITIES has been selected by the Junior Library Guild.
THE SPACE BETWEEN
Booklist Review
"It takes moxie to set the first act of your novel in Hell, but Yovanoff does just that, and with a confidence that suggests she might have taken a vacation there at some point . . . this is a breath of fresh (or fetid?) air for the genre."
Starred Review in Publisher’s Weekly
"Yovanoff (THE REPLACEMENT) once again develops complex, believable characters as well as a supernatural milieu that feels both original and lived in. This confident tale contains moments of beauty, terror, and significant wisdom."
MO WREN LOST AND FOUND
Starred Review in Booklist
'As she did in the first book, Springstubb beautifully captures the emotions of loss that come with leaving all that's loved and familiar, as well as the first stirrings of hope when it seems as if things just might work out.'
AFTER THE SNOW
Starred review in Kirkus
Starred review in Kirkus.
Starred review in Publishers Weekly
'This brutal and at times terrifying postapocalyptic tale features a well-developed first-person narrator, strong secondary characters, and spare but compelling language. Despite its grim take on humanity’s willingness to do evil, it also demonstrates that, even under the most straitened circumstances, people are capable of unexpected kindness and altruism.'
Starred review in School Library Journal.
'Willo’s narration, with misspellings and inventive phrasings, is a voice we have not heard before. Graphic violence occurs in several places, but Crockett’s cold, brutal world is not without a few warm rooms where travelers can rest and prepare for the next challenge.'
Booktrust Book of the Year 2012
One of Booktrust's top teen reads for 2012
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013
Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal which is awarded by UK children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people.
Kirkus Best Teen Books of 2012
One of Kirkus Reviews best teen books of 2012.
William C. Morris Award 2013
Finalist for YALSA's prestigious award given for an outstanding debut YA novel published in the USA. http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/12/06/yalsa-announces-2013-morris-award-finalists/
PENELOPE CRUMB
Starred Review in Shelf Awareness
"PENELOPE CRUMB is the hilarious story of a fourth-grader determined to find out the truth about her family. She channels the quirkiness of Ramona Quimby and the detective skills of Cam Jansen."
THE WEIGHT OF WATER
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal which is awarded by UK children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people.
The Carnegie Medal 2013
Huge congratulations to Sarah Crossan, shortlisted for the UK's most prestigious children's fiction award - the Carnegie Medal. http://www.readalouddad.com/2013/03/2013-carnegie-kate-greenway-medal-awards-books.html
THE BONEHILL CURSE
The Cheshire Schools Book Award 2012
An amazing third time that Jon Mayhew has been shortlisted for this award!
ASH MISTRY AND THE SAVAGE FORTRESS
Hillingdon Book of the Year Award 2012
Shortlisted for this UK regional award, given by the Schools Library Service.
Starred Review from School Library Journal
"Make time for this novel, because it is very hard to put down."
LARA’S GIFT
Starred Review from Kirkus
"A historical setting that comes alive in vivid descriptions and lively dialogue . . . Engrossing and powerful."
USES FOR BOYS
Starred Review in Kirkus
"Haunting, frank and un-put-downable"
Starred Review in Booklist
"Her prose feels as tightly wrought as a novel in verse. This is a story about where we come from, and how, sometimes, we have to break free from the past in order to shape our own future . . .Lots of teens will see themselves in the pages of this beautiful, honest novel."
Starred review in Publishers Weekly
'Scheidt's novel packs a punch.'
YALSA Pick
Nominated as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
Starred Review from School Library Journal
For the audio edition: http://www.slj.com/2013/04/books-media/reviews/multimedia-reviews/multimedia-reviews-april-2013/#
A DOG CALLED HOMELESS
Starred review in Kirkus
'Ever so gently, this fine debut effort explores the power of human kindness as Cally and her father find effective ways to cope with their loss.'
Starred review in Booklist
'This beautifully written, compelling debut offers an insightful portrayal of grief and healing.'
Schneider Family Book Award
Winner of the Schneider Middle Award 2013.
Hazelgrove Book Award
Shortlisted for Somerset’s Hazelgrove Book Award for Best New Up and Coming Author.
Sheffield Children’s Book Award
Shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award in the ‘Longer Novel category’.
SKINNY
Bank Street Best of 2013
One of Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of 2013
GOGGLE EYED GOATS
Booktrust Book of the Year
One of Booktrust's Book of the Year for 5 and under.
Kate Greenaway Medal 2013
Longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal which is awarded by UK children's librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.
BLACK HELICOPTERS
JLG Selection
BLACK HELICOPTERS has been selected by the Junior Library Guild.
OUTLAW
School Library Journal
One of School Library Journal’s best fiction of 2011.
BUTTERFLY SUMMER
The Oxfordshire Book Award
Shortlisted for The Oxfordshire Book Award.
OPERATION OLEANDER
Junior Library Guild
Named as a JLG selection for August 2013.
PAPER VALENTINE
Starred review in Publishers Weekly
'A painful but satisfying story that shows off the author's gifts for writing dark contemporary fantasy.'
Starred Review from BCCB
The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books says about PAPER VALENTINE: "The slow-burn mystery and simmering romance will keep readers turning the pages, but it’s the painfully authentic depiction of the complexities of friendship that will leave them haunted."