Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Winners and shortlists

• Nelly the Monster Sitter by Kes Gray
• Siberia by Ann Halam
• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
• The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn
• The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
• Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
• The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
• Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
• Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
• Jammy Dodgers on the Run by Bowering Sivers
• The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler

• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
• Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
• The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll
• Gregor and the Rats of Underland by Suzanne Collins
• Jack Slater, Monster Investigator by John Dougherty
• Ralph the Magic Rabbit by Adam Frost
• The Lottery by Beth Goobie
• North Child by Edith Pattou
• Spymice by Heather Vogel Frederick

• Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L. Brittney
• Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher by Michael Broad
• Sebastian Darke by Philip Caveney
• A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
• Bunker 10 by J. A. Henderson
• The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
• The Case of the Missing Cats by Gareth P. Jones
• The Thing with Finn by Tom Kelly
• Smugglers by Christopher Russell

• Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
• TIM Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
• Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
• Blue Sky Freedom by Gabrielle Halberstam
• Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
• Ancient Appetites by Oisín McGann
• Stone Goblins by David Melling
• Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine

• How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant by Elen Caldecott
• Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
• Changeling by Steve Feasey
• Gnomes are Forever by Ceci Jenkinson
• The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
• Mapmaker's Monsters by Rob Stevens
• Numbers by Rachel Ward

• Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
• The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
• The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
• Love, Aubrey by Suzanne Lafleur
• The Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
• The Toymaker by Jeremy De Quidt
• Meteorite Strike by A. G. Taylor
• Desperate Measures by Laura Summers

• The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
• Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
• The Pain Merchants by Janice Hardy
• Wereworld: The Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
• Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain by Anna Kemp
• A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
• Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

• You Against Me, Jenny Downham
• Being Billy, Phil Earle
• Amy and Roger's Epic Detour, Morgan Matson
• My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Annabel Pitcher
• Divergent, Veronica Roth
• Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys

• The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Liz Pichon
• The Windvale Sprites, Mackenzie Crook
• Muncle Trogg, Janet Foxley
• Sky Hawk, Gill Lewis
• Milo and the Restart Button, Alan Silberberg
• Claude in the City, Alex T. Smith

• The Pirates Next Door, Jonny Duddle
• No!, Marta Altés
• I Don't Want to be a Pea!, Ann Bonwill and Simon Rickerty
• A Bit Lost, Chris Haughton
• I Want My Hat Back, Jon Klassen
• Good Little Wolf, Nadia Shireen

• Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
• Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
• Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt
• Insignia by S. J. Kincaid
• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
• Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind by Andy Robb

• Wonder by R. J. Palacio
• The Wolf Princess by Catherine Constable
• Atticus Claw Breaks the Law by Jennifer Gray
• The Secret Hen House Theatre by Helen Peters
• Chronicles of Egg: Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey
• I Am Not A Loser by Jim Smith

• Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb
• Rabbityness by Jo Empson
• Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton
• The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp
• The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon
• Can You See Sassoon? by Sam Usher

• The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale
• Butter by Erin Lange
• If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
• Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O'Porter
• Our of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

• The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
• Darcy Durdock by Laura Dockrill
• Shiverton Hall by Emerald Fennell
• Skull in the Wood by Sandra Greaves
• The Last Wild by Piers Torday

• Harold Finds a Voice by Courtney Dicmas
• Weasels by Elys Dolan
• Penguin in Peril by Helen Hancocks
• Time For Bed, Fred! by Yasmeen Ismail
• The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water by Gemma Merino

• The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
• Dead Ends by Erin Lange
• Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
• Smart by Kim Skater
• The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

• Girl with a White Dog by Anne Booth
• Cowgirl by GR Gemin
• Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
• Violet and the Pearl of the Orient by Harriet Whitehorn, illustrated by Becka Moor
• A Boy Called Hope by Lara Williamson

• Fergal is Fuming! by Robert Starling
• I Really Want the Cake by Simon Philip
• Leaf by Sandra Dieckmann
• The Night Box by Louise Greig
• Superbat by Matt Carr

• A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
• Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
• Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. by Malcolm Duffy
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The Truth About Lies by Tracy Darnton

• Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure by Vashti Hardy
• The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
• The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
• The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz
• The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell

• Look Up! by Nathan Bryon
• Once Upon a Unicorn Horn by Beatrice Blue
• Otto Blotter, Bird Spotter by Graham Carter
• One Fox by Kate Read
• Me and My Sister by Rose Robbins
• Hidden Planet'' by Ben Rothery