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Ages 9-11: Older children's fiction

Welcome to the ages 9-11 award category area. We'll be adding to this page as the awards progress so please check back regularly. 

Shortlisting panel

We are pleased to announce our 2020-21 shortlisting panel members. Click the link below to find out a little bit more about who's involved this year. 

View the panel

List of books submitted to the awards

We had an amazing response from authors and publishers in our inaugural year and were still receiving book submissions right up to the deadline. 

 

Congratulations to all the books, authors, illustrators and publishers who made our longlist this year:

A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth by Francesca Gibbons & Chris Riddell, HarperCollins Publishers

After the War by Tom Palmer, Barrington Stoke

Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu, Old Barn Books

Children of the Benin Kingdom by Dinah Orji & Sonya McGilchrist, Dinosaur Books

Kidnap on the California Comet by M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman & Elisa Paganelli, Pan Macmillan

Monstrous Devices by Damien Love, Rock the Boat

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson & Rob Biddulph, Usborune Publishing

Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant, Faber & Faber

When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten, Pushkin Press

When Secrets Set Sail by Sita Brahmachari, Orion Children’s Books

The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley, Bloomsbury Children's Books

Wonderscape by Jennifer Bell, Walker Books 


Unfortunately we couldn't take all of the submissions forward. Here's a list of all of those that didn't quite make our longlist this year:

The Adventures of Izzy and Columbus – Nakamomo Island by Zoe Verner, The Conrad Press

A Postcard to Ollis by Ingunn Thon & Nora Brech, Wacky Bee Books

Bauble, Me and the Family Tree by Jenny Moore, Maverick Arts Publishing 

The Boy with the Butterfly Mind by Victoria Williamson, Floris Books

Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick, Firefly Press

Demelza and the Spectre Detectors by Holly Rivers, Chicken House

Emily Lime Librarian Detective: The Pencil Case by Dave Shelton, David Fickling Books

The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook, Nosy Crow

Hope against Hope by Sheena Wilkinson, Little Island

The Infinite by Patience Agbabi, Canongate Books

The Light Hunters by Dan Walker, UCLan Publishing

Mohinder's War by Bali Rai, Bloomsbury Education

Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found by Aisha Bushby & Rachael Dean, Egmont

Moon Dog by Jane Elson, Hodder Children’s Books

Secret of the Dark Woods by Scott Jones & Sara Valsar, KAmedia

Tiger Skin Rug by Joan Haig, Cranachan Publishing

Victoria Stitch: Bad and Glittering by Harriet Muncaster, Oxford University Press

You Must be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Penguin Random House Children's

These awards are led by an independent group of people working in education in Kingston & Richmond Schools. Spark! is working closely with AfC and is supported by the Education Leads of the two councils. 


WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE REGENCY BOOKSHOP IN SURBITON AND for CLARE SPENcER DESIGN, WHO PROVIDED our Spark! logo.  

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