Waterstone's Children's Book Prize - Winners and Shortlists

Winners and Shortlists

• 2005 The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
  • 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

• 2006 The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
  • 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

• 2007 Darkside by Tom Becker
  • Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L. Brittney
  • 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

• 2009 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
  • 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
• 2008 Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
  • 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

• 2010 The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies
  • 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

• 2011 Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
  • 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

• 2012 Overall + Picture Book: The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
  • Fiction 5–12: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates – Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
  • Teen: You Against Me by Jenny Downham
  • Shortlists in three categories: