Bolton Children's Book Award

The Bolton Children's Book Award is an annual award given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. The award is sponsored by Bolton Literacy Trust, The University of Bolton and Page Nation.

List of prize winners

Year	Title	Author	Ref
2011	Fightback	Steve Voake	[1]
2010	Bang, Bang, You're Dead!	Narinder Dhami	[2]
2009	Ways to Live Forever	Sally Nicholls	[3]
2008	Skulduggery Pleasant	Derek Landy
2007	Girl, Missing	Sophie McKenzie
2006	Jimmy Coates: Killer	Joe Craig
2005	CHERUB: The Recruit	Robert Muchamore	[4]

Shortlists

• 2011[5]
  • My So Called Haunting by Tamsyn Murry
  • The Gates by John Connolly
  • Sparks by Ally Kennen
  • Fightback by Steve Voake
  • Crawlers by Sam Enthoven
  • The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight by Jenny Valentine
• 2010[6]
  • Lifegame by Alison Allen-Gray
  • Zelah Green, Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
  • Bang, Bang, You're Dead! by Narinder Dhami
  • Mondays are Murder by Tanya Landman
  • The Pickle King by Rebecca Promitzer
  • The Soul Trade by E.E. Richardson
  • Forbidden Island by Malcolm Rose
  • Wolven by Di Toft
• 2009[7]
  • A Beautiful Place for a Murder by Berlie Doherty
  • Crash by JA Henderson
  • Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
  • The Eye of the Serpent by Philip Caveney
  • Zal and Zara and the Great Race of Azamed by Kit Downes
  • Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford
  • Boy Thief by Zizou Corder
• 2008
  • Titanic 2020 by Colin Bateman
  • The Geek, The Greek and The Pimpernel by Will Gatti
  • The Cat Kin by Nick Green
  • The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins
  • Deeper than Blue by Jill Huckles
  • Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
  • Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
  • Wild Magic by Cat Weatherill
• 2007
  • Jerry and the Jannans by Elly Brewer
  • The Howling Tower by Michael Coleman
  • Beast by Ally Kennen
  • Nemesis by Catherine MacPhail
  • Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
  • Kiss of Death by Malcolm Rose
  • Flash Flood by Chris Ryan
  • The Shapeshifter: Finding the Fox by Ali Sparkes
• 2006[8]
  • Invisible Friend by Louise Arnold
  • Worm in the Blood by Thomas Bloor
  • Indigo Blue by Cathy Cassidy
  • Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig
  • Sign of the Angel by Alan MacDonald
  • Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
  • Stuff by Jeremy Strong
• 2005
  • Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  • Horace by Chris d'Lacey
  • Underworld by Catherine MacPhail
  • The Lost by Alex Shearer
  • Dizzy by Cathy Cassidy
  • The Defender by Alan Gibbons
  • CHERUB: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
  • Avril Crump by Angela Woolfe

References

1. "Fightback is children's choice for 2011". Bolton.ac.uk. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
2. "Thriller takes Book Award". Bolton.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
3. "Sally seals victory in Children's Book Award". Bolton.ac.uk. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
4. Muchamore, Robert. "The Recruit". cherubcampus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
5. "Shortlist announced for book awards". Bolton.ac.uk. 2011-02-04. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
6. "Book adventure has lift off!". Bolton.ac.uk. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
7. "Super seven shortlisted". Bolton.ac.uk. 2009-01-28. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
8. "Book awards reveal the 'secret seven' | University of Bolton". Bolton.ac.uk. 2006-01-18. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

External links

• Bolton Children's Book Award blog
• Bolton Literacy Trust