Interesting list this year - some usual suspects but a good mix of the sub-genres within SF and F. I'll be interested to see who wins it as there are no obvious front runners.
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Not sure if this is the first time a YA specific SF novel has made the shortlist for the Arthur C Clarke but I thought it was an interesting development.
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Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy:
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)
To be awarded along with the Nebula Awards on 21 May.
Carnegie Medal shortlist. For some reason there are only six titles this year instead of the usual eight. In alphabetical order by author, and the age recommendations are those of the judges.
Theresa Breslin, Prisoner of the Inquisition (12+)
Geraldine McCaughrean, The Death Defying Pepper Roux (10+)
Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men (14+)
Meg Rosoff, The Bride's Farewell (12+)
Marcus Sedgwick, White Crow (12+)
Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows (14+)
Branford Boase Award shortllist, for best UK YA/MG debut novel:
J.P. Buxton, I am the Blade (edited by Beverly Birch; published by Hachette)
Keren David, When I Was Joe (edited by Maurice Lyon, published by Frances Lincoln)
Candy Gourlay, Tall Story (edited by Bella Pearson, published by David Fickling Books)
Gregory Hughes, Unhooking the Moon (edited by Roisin Heycock, published by Quercus)
Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows (edited by Charlie Shepperd, published by Andersen Press)
Pat Walsh, The Crowfield Curse (edited by Imogen Cooper, published by Chicken House)
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist. The winner will be announced on 10 November. In alphabetical order by author, and age recommendations are those of the judges.
David Almond, My Name is Mina (9+)
Frances Hardinge, Twilight Robbery (11+)
Simon Mason, Moon Pie (10+)
Andy Mulligan, Return to Ribblestrop (10+)
The shortlist for the Costa Children's Book Award has been announced:
- FLIP by Martyn Bedford
- THE UNFORGOTTEN COAT by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART by Lissa Evans
- BLOOD RED ROAD by Moira Young.
Personally, I'm amazed that Annabel Pitcher's MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTELPIECE wasn't on the shortlist.
Of the books on the shortlist, I've only read BLOOD RED ROAD and while I know it's got its fans here on the YA Forums, it really didn't do it for me.
Winners will be announced on 4th January 2012.
The Costa Book of the Year will be announced on 24th January 2012.
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Momento Mori:
The shortlist for the Costa Children's Book Award has been announced:
- FLIP by Martyn Bedford
- THE UNFORGOTTEN COAT by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART by Lissa Evans
- BLOOD RED ROAD by Moira Young.
Yesterday it was announced that the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award was BLOOD RED ROAD by Moira Young. She received a £5,000 prize and goes through to be considered for the Costa Book of the Year, which will be announced on 24th January (and the winner of which gets a further £30,000 prize).
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