PAST WINNERS
2025 Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess Puffin/Kinney
2024
Impossible Creatures Bloomsbury/Rundell
2023 Tyger David Fickling/Said
2022 When the Sky Falls Andersen/Earle
2021 The Highland Falcon Thief Macmillan/Leonard, Sedgman
THE SHORTLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Children’s Fiction
The odds were in Suzanne Collins’ favour as the blockbuster Sunrise on the Reaping took the crown in this category, testament to an “author at the height of her powers”. The novel, which focuses on fan-favourite Haymitch Abernathy, was called a “powerful” and tremendous” read. The judges agreed that the story was very much “of the moment”, with its sharp commentary on propaganda and totalitarianism. Scholastic truly pulled out all the stops to make Sunrise on the Reaping a
knockout. Nominated as both Waterstones’ and Foyles’ Book of the Year, the novel also enjoyed an “epic commercial performance” as the bestselling YA and children’s book of 2025. Scholastic supported more than 100 midnight bookshop openings, created a beautiful hardback edition and seamlessly took the book’s colourway through all its marketing, making this striking combination of purple and gold unmissable. Sunrise on the Reaping made a “spectacular” impact last year, the panel concluded.
Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins SCHOLASTIC
A Language of Dragons SF WILLIAMSON
Fearless LAUREN ROBERTS
Lottie Brooks vs the Ultra Mean Girls KATIE KIRBY
Skandar and the
Spirit War AF STEADMAN
The Adventures of Rap Kid MC GRAMMAR
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