My Name is Sunshine Simpson

G.M. Linton and Fuuji Takashi

Usborne

This uplifting novel about friends, family and growing up gave our judges plenty to think and talk about. They adored the main character and admired the way black history and heritage is cleverly woven into the story, describing the book as “refreshing, sweet and endearing”.

 Digging for Victory

Cathy Faulkner. Cover designer Harry Goldhawk

Firefly Press

Greenwild: The World Behind The Door

Pari Thomson and Elisa Paganelli

Macmillan Children's Books

The Kingdom Over the Sea

Zohra Nabi and Tom Clohosy Cole
 

Simon & Schuster

  The Nowhere Thief

Alice M. Ross

Nosy Crow