School Book Awards
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The Last Firefox
Between bullies at school and changes at home, Charlie Challinor finds life a bit scary. And when he's made guardian of a furry fox cub called Cadno, things get a whole lot scarier.
Because Cadno isn't just any fox: he's a firefox - the only one ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 296
- MBE Code : 528
The Last Wild
From the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction PrizeThis is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn't know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.2. ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 376
The Legend Of Podkin One-Ear
A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills known as the Razorback Downs . . .
Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and guard it in times of danger. But for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 713
The Lie Tree
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015.
The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.
Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 432
- MBE Code : 397
The Light In Everything (Shortlisted for the YOTO Carnegie Medal 2023)
From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022, comes a life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find room in your heart for new life and new love.
Tom is still quiet and timid, even though his dad ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 318
- MBE Code : 522
The Night Bus Hero
I've been getting into trouble for as long I can remember. Usually I don't mind 'cos some of my best, most brilliant ideas have come from sitting in detention.But recently it feels like no one believes me about anything - even when I'm telling the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 435
The Poet X **Carnegie Medal Winner**
THE POET X - a stunning New York Times bestseller with a powerful and unforgettable YA voice. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi's The Children of Blood and Bone, Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and Sarah Crossan's One.
Xiomara has always kept ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 362
- MBE Code : 294
The Remains of the Day
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past...
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 272
- MBE Code : 422
The Skylarks War **Costa Children’s Book Award Winner**
The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.
Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 306
- MBE Code : 197
The Song Walker (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to:
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
And... Who am I?"
When a young girl wakes up in the middle of the desert, she has no idea who she is. She's wearing one shoe, a silky black dress, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 579
The Super Miraculous Journey Of Freddie Yates
Freddie Yates likes facts. Just not the one staring him in the face - that his secret plan is not, in fact, secret.
Because Freddie's journey wasn't meant to involve Big Trev and the onion-eating competition or the loo-exploding pear-and-potato ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 529
The Things We Leave Behind (Carnegie Shortlisted 2025)
Carnegie Shortlisted 2025
Civil unrest in London has reached an all-time high after years of a growing authoritarian regime, and it’s no longer safe for Clem and her half-sister Billie in the city. Clem tells of their treacherous journey to ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 726
The Truth Of Things
A stunning collected edition of Anthony McGowan's critically acclaimed novellas Brock, Pike and the Carnegie Medal-shortlisted Rook.
Life is pretty tough for Nicky and Kenny. Their mum is gone and their dad has had his troubles. Money is tight...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 692
The Wrong Shoes
There's a bunch of kids in there and suddenly they're all looking at me like someone who can actually do something, not just some weirdo with the wrong shoes and a rubbish coat . . .
Will has the wrong shoes – he's always known it but doesn't ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 1001
Things A Bright Girl Can Do **Shortlisted For The Carnegie Medal**
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2019, National Book Award, Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards and the YA Book PrizeThrough rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 420
- MBE Code : 222
Treacle Town (Carnegie Shortlisted 2025)
Carnegie Shortlisted Title 2025.
Con O’Neill is stuck in a world of brutal gang violence, sectarian vendettas and personal tragedy. The lack of opportunities for him and the rest of his gang is all too apparent. No money. No prospects. A social ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 725
Turtle Moon
A Waterstones Best Children's Book of the Year
Shortlisted for The Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction 2025 and The Week Junior Book Awards 2025
Silver Trevelon’s parents aren’t happy. They haven’t been happy since the nursery they ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 758
Tyger
Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger.
Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's life at stake. Their ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 629
Voyage Of The Sparrowhawk
The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock.
In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 354
- MBE Code : 721
We Were Liars
A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends-the Liars-whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth.
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 453
Wed Wabbit
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN S BOOK AWARD 2017. You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 250
- MBE Code : 168
When Shadows Fall (Shortlisted for the YOTO Carnegie Medal 2023)
Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes, a small green space in a sprawling grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future – until...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 346
- MBE Code : 524
When The Sky Falls (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback ...
- Number Of Pages : 310
- MBE Code : 447
Where The World Ends
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018.Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home.Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 318
- MBE Code : 208
While The Storm Rages
September 1939. The world is on the brink of war. As his dad marches off to fight, Noah makes him a promise, to keep their beloved family dog safe.
When the government advises people to have their pets put down in readiness for the chaos of war, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 664