Manchester Book Award

The Manchester Book Award is a project run in Manchester, UK, organised by School Services at the Manchester Library & Information Service; it is funded by the Working Neighbourhoods Fund. The project is currently in its fourth year.

Each year, a longlist of twenty-four children's books is drawn up from nominations by secondary-school pupils, school and library staff, and publishers. To be eligible for the longlist books have to be standalone books (that is, not sequels) published between 1 July and 30 June, written by authors living in the UK. Reading groups in schools and libraries then narrow this to a shortlist of six. In the following January, young people across Manchester start voting for their favourite, either online or in libraries and schools; voting for the 2009 award closed on 5 March.

The winner of the award is announced each year at a ceremony at the City of Manchester Stadium attended by pupils from the 24 state secondary schools in Manchester. The ceremony was compered in 2008 and 2009 by Paul Sleem.

The 2009 award was announced by Coronation Street actress, Julie Hesmondhalgh, on 11 March 2009.

List of Prize Winners

*2009 '' Six Steps to a Girl'' by Sophie McKenzie
*2008 ''Girl, Missing'' by Sophie McKenzie
*2007 '' Beast'' by Ally Kennen
*2006 ''Stuff'' by Jeremy Strong

Shortlists

*2009
**''Forget Me Not'' by Anne Cassidy
**''Crash'' by J.A. Henderson
**''The Dragonfly Pool'' by Eva Ibbotson
**'' Six Steps to a Girl'' by Sophie McKenzie
**'' Ways to Live Forever'' by Sally Nicholls
**'' The Amethyst Child'' by Sarah Singleton
*2008
**''Being'' by Kevin Brooks
**'' The Devil's Breath: Danger Zone'' by David Gilman
**'' Do The Creepy Thing'' by Graham Joyce
**'' Berserk'' by Ally Kennen
**''Nemesis'' by Catherine MacPhail
**''Girl, Missing'' by Sophie McKenzie
*2007
**'' Ingo'' by Helen Dunmore
**'' The Drowning Pond'' by Catherine Forde
**''Hold On'' by Alan Gibbons
**'' Until Proven Guilty'' by Nigel Hinton
**'' Beast'' by Ally Kennen
**'' The Innocent's Story'' by Nicky Singer
*2006
**'' Jimmy Coates: Killer'' by Joe Craig
**''The Spook's Apprentice'' by Joseph Delaney
**'' Roxy's Baby'' by Catherine MacPhail
**''Wolf Brother'' by Michelle Paver
**''Stuff'' by Jeremy Strong
**''Gangsta rap'' by Benjamin Zephaniah

Longlists

*2009
**'' Angel Boy'' by Bernard Ashley
**''Cosmic'' by Frank Cottrell Boyce
**''Forget Me Not'' by Anne Cassidy
**'' Lucky Star'' by Cathy Cassidy
**'' Abela'' by Berlie Doherty
**''Bog Child'' by Siobhan Dowd
**'' Sugarcoated'' by Catherine Forde
**''Dragonfly'' by Julia Golding
**''Ghosting'' by Keith Gray
**''Crash'' by J.A. Henderson
**''Slam'' by Nick Hornby
**''The Dragonfly Pool'' by Eva Ibbotson
**'' Lost Riders'' by Elizabeth Laird
**'' Bad Blood'' by Rhiannon Lassiter
**''Rain'' by Kate Le Vann
**''The Knife That Killed Me'' by Anthony McGowan
**'' Six Steps to a Girl'' by Sophie McKenzie
**''Born to Run'' by Michael Morpurgo
**''The Knife of Never Letting Go'' by Patrick Ness
**'' Ways to Live Forever'' by Sally Nicholls
**'' Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror'' by Chris Priestley
**'' Grave Dirt'' by E.E. Richardson
**'' The Amethyst Child'' by Sarah Singleton
**''Broken Soup'' by Jenny Valentine
*2008
**'' Darkside'' by Tom Becker
**''Dirty Work'' by Julia Bell
**''Being'' by Kevin Brooks
**'' The Spellgrinder's Apprentice'' by N. M. Browne
**'' Sundae Girl'' by Cathy Cassidy
**'' Sebastian Darke'' by Philip Caveney
**''Waves'' by Sharon Dogar
**''Tug of War'' by Catherine Forde
**'' The Devil's Breath: Danger Zone'' by David Gilman
**'' Do The Creepy Thing'' by Graham Joyce
**'' Berserk'' by Ally Kennen
**''Roundabout'' by Rhiannon Lassiter
**'' Red Fox Running'' by Robin Lloyd Jones
**'' Kill Swap'' by James Lovegrove
**''Nemesis'' by Catherine MacPhail
**''Twin Freaks'' by Paul Magrs
**''Girl, Missing'' by Sophie McKenzie
**''Angel'' by Cliff McNish
**'' Here Lies Arthur'' by Philip Reeve
**'' The Rope Ladder'' by Nigel Richardson
**'' Kiss of Death'' by Malcolm Rose
**''My Swordhand is Singing'' by Marcus Sedgwick
**''Finding Violet Park'' by Jenny Valentine
**'' Fight Game'' by K. Wild
*2007
**''Clay'' by David Almond
**''Smokescreen'' by Bernard Ashley
**'' Sara's Face'' by Melvin Burgess
**'' Scarlett'' by Cathy Cassidy
**''Thieves Like Us'' by Stephen Cole
**'' Framed'' by Frank Cottrell Boyce
**'' Cloud World'' by David Cunningham
**'' Ingo'' by Helen Dunmore
**'' The Drowning Pond'' by Catherine Forde
**''Hold On'' by Alan Gibbons
**''The Diamond of Drury Lane'' by Julia Golding
**''Fur'' by Meg Harper
**'' Until Proven Guilty'' by Nigel Hinton
**''Raven's Gate'' by Anthony Horowitz
**'' Beast'' by Ally Kennen
**''Exchange'' by Paul Magrs
**'' The Riddles of Epsilon'' by Christine Morton-Shaw
**'' Seeker'' by William Nicholson
**'' Tamar'' by Mal Peet
**'' The Foreshadowing'' by Marcus Sedgwick
**'' Tins'' by Alex Shearer
**'' The Innocent's Story'' by Nicky Singer
**''Heretic'' by Sarah Singleton
**''Endymion Spring'' by Matthew Skelton
*2006
**'' The Diary of Pelly-D'' by L. J. Adlington
**'' Ten Days to Zero'' by Bernard Ashley
**''Paralysed'' by Sherry Ashworth
**''Divided City'' by Theresa Breslin
**''Bloodline'' by Kevin Brooks
**''Candy'' by Kevin Brooks
**''Indigo Blue'' by Cathy Cassidy
**'' Millions'' by Frank Cottrell Boyce
**'' Jimmy Coates: Killer'' by Joe Craig
**''The Spook's Apprentice'' by Joseph Delaney
**'' Skarrs'' by Catherine Forde
**'' The Fearful'' by Keith Gray
**'' The Merrybegot'' by Julie Hearn
**''SilverFin'' by Charlie Higson
**''Jacob's Ladder'' by Brian Keaney
**'' Roxy's Baby'' by Catherine Macphail
**'' The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips'' by Michael Morpurgo
**''Wolf Brother'' by Michelle Paver
**''The Hunted'' by Alex Shearer
**'' Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean'' by Justin Somper
**''Stuff'' by Jeremy Strong
**''Branded'' by Robert Swindells
**'' The Unrivalled Spangles'' by Karen Wallace
**''Gangsta rap'' by Benjamin Zephaniah

External links

{{Portal , Children's literature
Manchester Book Award Home pageManchester Book Award at Booktrust

British children's literary awards
Awards established in 2005
2005 establishments in England
Culture in Manchester
Education in Manchester