Booktrust Teenage Prize Explained

The Booktrust Teenage Prize was an annual award given to young adult literature published in the UK. The prize was administered by Book Trust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading. The Booktrust Teenage Prize was last awarded in 2010 and is no longer running.

Honorees

Booktrust Teenage Prize winners and shortlists!Year!Author!Title!Result !Ref.

2003			Winner	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
			Shortlist
		Lucas	Shortlist
		Doing It	Shortlist
		Caught in the Crossfire	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Malarky	Shortlist
		Doll	Shortlist
2004		Looking for JJ	Winner	^[4]
		Unique	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Deep Secret	Shortlist
		Fat Boy Swim	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Rani and Sukh	Shortlist
		Boy Kills Man	Shortlist
2005		Century	Winner
		Sugar Rush	Shortlist
		Siberia	Shortlist
		Come Clean	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		How I Live Now	Shortlist
			Shortlist
2006		Henry Tumour	Winner
			Shortlist
		Beast	Shortlist
		Exchange	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Angel Blood	Shortlist
2007		My Swordhand Is Singing	Winner	^[5] ^[6]
			Shortlist	^[7]
		Leaving Poppy	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Here Lies Arthur	Shortlist
		Just in Case	Shortlist
2008			Winner	^[8]
			Shortlist	^[9]
		Snakehead	Shortlist
		Apache	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Creature of the Night	Shortlist
2009			Winner
		Auslander	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Ostrich Boys	Shortlist
			Shortlist
			Shortlist
2010		Unhooking The Moon	Winner	^[10]
		Halo	Shortlist	^[11]
			Shortlist
		Nobody's Girl	Shortlist
		Revolver	Shortlist
		Out of Shadows	Shortlist

External links

• Booktrust Teenage Prize
• Booktrust
• Booktrust Teenage Prize Shortlist 2005

Notes and References

1. News: Pauli . Michelle . 2010-11-01 . Gregory Hughes wins Booktrust teenage prize for Unhooking the Moon . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2022-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618172616/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/01/gregory-hughes-booktrust-teenage-prize . live .
2. News: Flood . Alison . 2008-11-18 . Patrick Ness beats established writers to Booktrust teenage prize . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2022-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818072551/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/18/booktrust-teenage-prize-patrick-ness . live .
3. News: Pauli . Michelle . 2005-11-08 . Gothic novel takes teen prize . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2015-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095428/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/nov/08/news.awardsandprizes . live .
4. News: Crown . Sarah . 2005-06-10 . Seven books vie for teen fiction prize . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2021-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126042015/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jun/10/news.awardsandprizes . live .
5. Web site: 2022-11-18 . Obituary Note: Marcus Sedgwick . 2023-06-01 . . 2023-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510025826/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4363#m58298 . live .
6. News: Pauli . Michelle . 2007-10-31 . Vampires take off teenage book prize . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2022-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209054837/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/31/news.awardsandprizes . live .
7. News: Lea . Richard . 2007-09-04 . Myth and imagination dominate teenage fiction prize . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2021-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210327015712/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/04/news.awardsandprizes . live .
8. News: Pauli . Michelle . 2010-11-01 . A traveller's tale: the story behind Gregory Hughes's Unhooking the Moon . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808140053/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/01/gregory-hughes-unhooking-the-moon . live .
9. News: Flood . Alison . 2008-09-01 . Sharp words: knives out in teenage prize shortlist . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2015-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095741/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/01/booktrust.teenage.prize . live .
10. Web site: 2010-11-04 . Awards: Booktrust Teenage Prize . 2023-06-01 . . 2022-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521160143/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1322 . live .
11. News: Pauli . Michelle . 2010-09-07 . Booktrust teenage prize shortlist spans time, space and genre . en-GB . . 2023-06-01 . 0261-3077 . 2015-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223081356/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/07/booktrust-teenage-prize-shortlist . live .