Concorde Book Award
Encyclopedia
The Concorde Book Award is becoming a prominent prize for works of children's literature
, published in the UK
. The award has been given annually since 2007, and is decided by a vote of children in reading groups across South Gloucestershire. It may be compared with the Red House Children's Book Award
.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, published in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The award has been given annually since 2007, and is decided by a vote of children in reading groups across South Gloucestershire. It may be compared with the Red House Children's Book Award
Red House Children's Book Award
The Red House Children's Book Award is a series of literary prizes for works of children's literature published during the previous year. The prize was known as the Children's Book Award from its inauguration in 1981...
.
List of winners
- 2011 R J Anderson - Knife
- 2010 Frank Cottrell BoyceFrank Cottrell Boyce-Awards:*2004: Buch des Monats des Instituts für Jugendliteratur/Book of the Month by the Institute for Youth Literature , Millions*2004: Carnegie Medal, Millions*2004: Luchs des Jahres , Millions...
– Cosmic - 2009 Sally NichollsSally Nicholls- Life :Nicholls was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees. She attended Great Ayton Friends' School until its closure and subsequently Egglescliffe School until 2001.On finishing school, Nicholls chose to travel around the world...
– Ways to Live ForeverWays to Live ForeverWays to Live Forever is a children's novel by Sally Nicholls, first published in 2008. The author's debut novel, it was written when Nicholls was 23 years old.... - 2008 Anthony HorowitzAnthony HorowitzAnthony Craig Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty books. He has also written extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha Christie's...
– Raven's GateRaven's GateRaven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five series, written by Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the UK on 1 August 2005, by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title The Gatekeepers...
Shortlisted books
- 2011
R J Anderson – Knife
Narinder DhamiNarinder DhamiNarinder Dhami is a British children’s author.-Early life:Dhami's father was an Indian immigrant from the Punjab who arrived in the UK in 1954, and her mother is English...
– Bang Bang You’re Dead
Suzanne LaFleur – Love, AubreyLove, AubreyLove, Aubrey, by Suzanne LaFleur, is a 2009 children's novel about a young girl recovering from the tragedy of losing her father and sister in an automobile accident, and from the confusion of being abandoned by her grieving mother.- Plot Summary :...
Keith MansfieldKeith Mansfield (writer)Keith Mansfield, born in Scunthorpe, England in 1965, is an English writer and publisher. He is the author of the Johnny Mackintosh series of novels, has scripted several television programmes and is also the publisher for mathematics books at Oxford University Press.His first novel, Johnny...
– Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of LondonJohnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of LondonJohnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London is the first novel in a series of young adult books written by Keith Mansfield and published by Quercus...
Michael Morpurgo – Running Wild
Ali Sparkes – Frozen in TimeFrozen in Time (novel)Frozen in Time is an award-winning book by author Ali Sparkes. It has won two Blue Peter awards. Set in Britain 2009, the story researches cryonic suspension and life in 1956 Britain as well.- Plot :...
- 2010
Sophie McKenzie – Blood TiesBlood Ties (novel)Blood Ties is a 2008 children's novel written by Sophie McKenzie.-Part 1: London:Theo gives [his] bodyguard the slip once too often. Rachel receives a weird text from her father....
Anne Cassidy – Forget Me Not
Michelle MagorianMichelle MagorianMichelle Magorian is an English author of children's books, including Goodnight Mister Tom, Back Home and A Little Love Song.- Biography :...
– Just Henry
Steve Voake – The Starlight Conspiracy
- 2009
Tim BowlerTim BowlerTim Bowler is the author of twenty books for children, teenagers and young adults. He has won 15 awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the pre-eminent UK award for children's literature, for his novel River Boy....
– Frozen FireFrozen Fire (novel)Frozen Fire is a philosophical thriller about the nature of reality by Tim Bowler. The novel was first published in 2006. It introduces a strange boy who wants to escape his unhappy life through death, and a fifteen-year-old girl who only wants her brother back...
F. E. Higgins – The Black Book of SecretsThe Black Book of SecretsThe Black Book of Secrets is a novel written by F. E Higgins, who also wrote The Bone Magician and The Eyeball Collector.- Plot :A young boy, named Ludlow Fitch, lives in the City, and survives by picking pockets...
Stuart HillStuart Hill (Author)Stuart Hill is a British author. He was born in Leicester, where he still lives. He has written three books in The Icemark Chronicles: The Cry of the Icemark, Blade of Fire and Last Battle of the Icemark. He studied English, Classics and Ancient History at Newcastle University.On July 25 2011 ...
– Blade of FireBlade of FireBlade of Fire is the second novel in Stuart Hill's fantasy series, the Icemark Chronicles.-Plot summary:Blade of Fire takes place 20 years after the first novel. The story follows Thirrin's and Oskan's new efforts to repel the imposing threat of Imperial invasion, yet again at the hands of Scipio...
Jenny ValentineJenny ValentineJenny Valentine is a British children's novelist, best known for her award-winning novel Finding Violet Park.-Book history:Her first novel, Finding Violet Park, was published in 2007. It won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The book's success caused...
– Broken SoupBroken SoupBroken Soup is a children's novel by Jenny Valentine, published in 2008.It was shortlisted for the 2008 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and the 2008 Costa Book Children's Book Award, and longlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize...
- 2008
John BoyneJohn BoyneJohn Boyne is an Irish novelist.- Biography :He was educated at Terenure College, before heading to trinity college, dublin, and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where he won the Curtis Brown prize. But it was during his time at Trinity that he began to get published...
– The Boy in the Striped PyjamasThe Boy in the Striped PyjamasThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 novel from the point of view of an innocent young boy, written by Irish novelist John Boyne. Unlike the months of planning Boyne devoted to his other books, he said that he wrote the entire first draft of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in two and a half...
Michael Morpurgo – Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Steve VoakeSteve VoakeSteve Voake is a successful English children's author from Midsomer Norton, Somerset, whose books have sold all over the world.In 2003 he was head teacher of a primary school in Kilmersdon, Somerset, when the BBC reported that he was being hailed as the next J. K. Rowling...
– The Dreamwalker's ChildThe Dreamwalker's ChildThe Dreamwalker's Child is a children's fantasy novel by Steve Voake. It was his debut novel and was published in 2005 by Faber Children's Books. It was shortlisted for the Stockton Children's Book of the Year. It is 320 pages long.-Plot summary:...
Louis SacharLouis SacharLouis Sachar is an American author of children's books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal...
– Small StepsSmall Steps (novel)Small Steps is a young adult novel by Louis Sachar written in 2006. It is a sequel to the Newbery Medal-winning Holes. The novel follows the lives of characters Theodore and Rex after they leave Camp Green Lake....
See also
- Blue Peter Book AwardsBlue Peter Book AwardsThe Blue Peter Book Awards are a series of literary prizes for children's literature awarded annually by the BBC television programme Blue Peter, and inaugurated in 2000....
- Carnegie MedalCarnegie MedalThe Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
- Children's LaureateChildren's LaureateChildren's Laureate is a position awarded in the UK once every two years to a distinguished writer or illustrator of children's books. A biannual bursary of £10,000 is offered...
- Kate Greenaway MedalKate Greenaway MedalThe Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the United Kingdom in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature. It is awarded by Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
- Nestle Smarties Book PrizeNestlé Smarties Book PrizeThe Nestlé Children's Book Prize, also known as the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, was an annual award given to children's books written in the previous year by a UK citizen or resident. The prize was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading, and sponsored by...
- Red House Children's Book AwardRed House Children's Book AwardThe Red House Children's Book Award is a series of literary prizes for works of children's literature published during the previous year. The prize was known as the Children's Book Award from its inauguration in 1981...