Guardian Children’s Fiction Award
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London EC1R 3ER, England
Work of fiction a Commonwealth or British author, published in Britain in previous year, excluding picture books and previous winners. Annual prize of £1000.
Contact: Children’s Book Editor, Joanna Carey
- 2007 Finding Violet Park Jenny Valentine
- 2006 A Darkling Plain Philip Reeve
- 2005 The New Policeman Kate Thompson
- 2004 How I live now Meg Rosoff
- 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon
- 2002 Thursday's Child Sonya Hartnett
- 2000 The Illustrated Mum Jacqueline Wilson
- 1999 The Sterkarm handshake Susan Price
- 1998 Fire, bed and bone Henrietta Branford
- 1997 Junk Melvin Burgess
- 1996 Northern lights Philip Pullman
- 1995 Maphead Lesley Howarth
- 1994 The Mennyms Sylvia Waugh
- 1993 Low tide William Mayne
- 1992 Paper faces Rachel Anderson
- 1992 The exiles Hilary McKay
- 1991 The Kingdom the Sea Robert Westall
- 1990 Goggle-eyes Ann Fine
- 1989 A Pack of lies Geraldine McCaughrean
- 1988 The Runaways Ruth Thomas
- 1987 The True Story of Spit MacPhee James Aldridge
- 1986 Henry’s leg Ann Pilling
- 1985 What is the Truth? Ted Hughes
- 1984 The Sheep-Pig Dick King-Smith
- 1983 The Village the sea Anita Desai
- 1982 Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian
- 1981 The Sentinels Peter Carter
- 1980 The Vandal Ann Schlee