The Concorde Book Award is an annual prize for children's literature awarded by South Gloucestershire secondary school students.[1] It may be compared with the United Kingdom's Children's Book Award, a national children's literature prize awarded through voting by children.[2]
A group of South Gloucestershire school and public librarians founded the Concorde Book Award in the 2007–2008 school year, with the first award ceremony being held in 2008.[3] Each year, secondary school students in South Gloucestershire are invited to nominate a recently published book for the award longlist.[4] [5] [6] A small panel of librarians selects six books from the longlist to form the Concorde Book Award shortlist, which is announced in early fall.[7] [8] [9]
Once the shortlist is announced, students may join reading groups at their school or public library to read and discuss the novels on the shortlist, before casting their vote for a winner.[10] [11] [12] Voting is held on World Book Day,[13] which is celebrated in March in the United Kingdom, though other countries typically observe it in April.[14]
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| Year | Author | Title | Honor | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Onjali Raúf | The Boy at the Back of the Class | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[15] [16] | |
| Tracy Darnton | The Truth About Lies | Shortlisted | ||||
| Sophie Green | Potkin and Stubbs | Shortlisted | ||||
| Kate Saunders | The Land of Neverendings | Shortlisted | ||||
| Gabriel Dylan | Whiteout | Shortlisted | ||||
| Ali Sparkes | Thunderstruck | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2019 | Karen M. McManus | One of Us is Lying | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[17] [18] |
| Lisa Heathfield | Paper Butterflies | Winner | ||||
| Helena Duggan | A Place Called Perfect | Shortlisted | ||||
| R. J. Anderson | A Pocket Full of Murder | Shortlisted | ||||
| Mitch Johnson | Kick | Shortlisted | ||||
| Katherine Rundell | The Explorer | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2018 | Sarwat Chadda writing as Joshua Khan | Shadow Magic | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[19] [20] |
| Oli White | Generation Next | Shortlisted | ||||
| Kathryn Evans | More of Me | Shortlisted | ||||
| Sophie Cleverly | Shortlisted | |||||
| Zana Fraillon | The Bone Sparrow | Shortlisted | ||||
| Ross Wellford | Time Travelling with a Hamster | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2017 | Robin Talley | Lies We Tell Ourselves | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[21] [22] |
| M G Leonard | Beetle Boy | Shortlisted | ||||
| Ali Sparkes | Car-Jacked | Shortlisted | ||||
| Chris Columbus | House of Secrets | Shortlisted | ||||
| Robin Stevens | Murder Most Unladylike | Shortlisted | ||||
| Andy Lane | Night Break (Young Sherlock Holmes #8) | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2016 | The Fearless | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[23] [24] | |
| Sarah Crossan | Apple and Rain | Shortlisted | ||||
| Benjamin Zephaniah | Terror Kid | Shortlisted | ||||
| Marcus Sedgwick | She is not Invisible | Shortlisted | ||||
| Rob Lloyd Jones | Wild Boy | Shortlisted | ||||
| Rob Stevens | Would the Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up? | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2015 | Gillian Cross | After Tomorrow | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[25] [26] |
| J.A. Buckle | Half My Facebook Friends are Ferrets | Shortlisted | ||||
| Katherine Rundell | Rooftoppers | Shortlisted | ||||
| David Levithan | Every Day (2012) | Shortlisted | ||||
| Steve Feasey | Mutant City | Shortlisted | ||||
| Holly Goldberg Sloan | Counting by 7s | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2014 | Terri Terry | Slated | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[27] |
| Jon Mayhew | The Bonehill Curse | Shortlisted | ||||
| David Walliams | Gangsta Granny | Shortlisted | ||||
| Sally Gardner | Maggot Moon | Shortlisted | ||||
| R.J. Palacio | Wonder | Shortlisted | ||||
| Liz Pichon | Everything's Amazing (Sort Of) | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2013 | Alexander Gordon-Smith | The Fury | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[28] |
| Gareth P. Jones | Space Crime Conspiracy | Shortlisted | ||||
| Ally Kennen | Bullet Boys | Shortlisted | ||||
| Panama Oxridge | Justin Thyme | Shortlisted | ||||
| Jon Mayhew | Demon Collector | Shortlisted | ||||
| Mark Robson | The Devil’s Triangle | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2012 | Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[29] [30] |
| Terence Blacker | Missing, Believed Crazy | Shortlisted | ||||
| Rachel Ward | Numbers | Shortlisted | ||||
| Anthony Horowitz | Scorpia Rising | Shortlisted | ||||
| Michelle Harrison | The Thirteen Treasures | Shortlisted | ||||
| Andy Mulligan | Trash | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2011 | R.J. Anderson | Knife | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[31] [32] |
| Narinder Dhami | Bang, Bang, You're Dead! | Shortlisted | ||||
| Ali Sparkes | Frozen in Time | Shortlisted | ||||
| Keith Mansfield | Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London | Shortlisted | ||||
| Suzanne LaFleur | Love, Aubrey | Shortlisted | ||||
| Michael Morpurgo | Running Wild | Shortlisted | ||||
| < | -- Year -->2010 | Frank Cottrell Boyce | Cosmic | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[33] [34] |
| Sophie McKenzie | Blood Ties | Shortlisted | ||||
| Anne Cassidy | Forget Me Not | Shortlisted | ||||
| Michelle Magorian | Just Henry | Shortlisted | ||||
| Steve Voake | The Starlight Conspiracy | Shortlisted | ||||
| 2009 | Sally Nicholls | Ways To Live Forever | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[35] [36] | |
| F.E. Higgins | The Black Book of Secrets | Shortlisted | ||||
| Stuart Hill | Blade of Fire | Shortlisted | ||||
| Jenny Valentine | Broken Soup | Shortlisted | ||||
| Tim Bowler | Frozen Fire | Shortlisted | ||||
| 2008 | Anthony Horowitz | Raven's Gate | Winner | < | -- Ref-->[37] [38] | |
| Michael Morpurgo | Alone on a Wide Wide Sea | Shortlisted | ||||
| John Boyne | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Shortlisted | ||||
| Steve Voake | The Dreamwalker's Child | Shortlisted | ||||
| Louis Sachar | Small Steps | Shortlisted |