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Booktrust Teenage Prize

{{Short description|UK literary award}}

The Booktrust Teenage Prize was an annual award given to young adult literature published in the UK. The prize was administered by Book Trust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading. The Booktrust Teenage Prize was last awarded in 2010 and is no longer running.

Honorees

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|+Booktrust Teenage Prize winners and shortlists

!Year

!Author

!Title

!Result

!Ref.

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! rowspan="8" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Haddon|first=Mark}}

|{{sort|1=Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time|2=The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time}}

|Winner

|{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2010-11-01 |title=Gregory Hughes wins Booktrust teenage prize for Unhooking the Moon |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/01/gregory-hughes-booktrust-teenage-prize |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618172616/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/01/gregory-hughes-booktrust-teenage-prize |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2008-11-18 |title=Patrick Ness beats established writers to Booktrust teenage prize |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/18/booktrust-teenage-prize-patrick-ness |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818072551/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/18/booktrust-teenage-prize-patrick-ness |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2005-11-08 |title=Gothic novel takes teen prize |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/nov/08/news.awardsandprizes |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2015-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095428/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/nov/08/news.awardsandprizes |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Banks|first=Lynne Reid}}

|{{sort|1=Dungeon|2=The Dungeon}}

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Brooks|first=Kevin|link=Kevin Brooks (writer)}}

|Lucas

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Burgess|first=Melvin}}

|Doing It

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Gibbons|first=Alan}}

|Caught in the Crossfire

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Gibbons|first=Alan}}

|{{sort|1=Edge|2=The Edge}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Gray|first=Keith}}

|Malarky

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Singer|first=Nicky}}

|Doll

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="8" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Cassidy|first=Anne}}

|Looking for JJ

|Winner

|{{Cite news |last=Crown |first=Sarah |date=2005-06-10 |title=Seven books vie for teen fiction prize |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jun/10/news.awardsandprizes |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126042015/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jun/10/news.awardsandprizes |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Allen-Gray|first=Alison}}

|Unique

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Bertagna|first=Julie}}

|{{sort|1=Opposite of Chocolate|2=The Opposite of Chocolate}}

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Doherty|first=Berlie}}

|Deep Secret

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Forde|first=Catherine}}

|Fat Boy Swim

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Gibbons|first=Alan}}

|{{sort|1=Dark Beneath|2=The Dark Beneath}}

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Rai|first=Bali}}

|Rani and Sukh

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Whyman|first=Matt}}

|Boy Kills Man

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="7" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Singleton|first=Sarah}}

|Century

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Burchill|first=Julie}}

|Sugar Rush

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Halam|first=Ann}}

|Siberia

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Paddock|first=Terri}}

|Come Clean

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Rai|first=Bali}}

|{{sort|1=Whisper|2=The Whisper}}

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Rosoff|first=Meg}}

|How I Live Now

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Wallace|first=Karen}}

|{{sort|1=Unrivalled Spangles|2=The Unrivalled Spangles}}

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2006

|{{sortname|last=McGowan|first=Anthony}}

|Henry Tumour

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Dowd|first=Siobhan}}

|{{sort|1=Swift Pure Cry|2=A Swift Pure Cry}}

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Kennen|first=Ally}}

|Beast

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Magrs|first=Paul}}

|Exchange

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Sedgwick|first=Marcus}}

|{{sort|1=Foreshadowing|2=The Foreshadowing}}

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Singleton|first=John}}

|Angel Blood

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Sedgwick|first=Marcus}}

|My Swordhand Is Singing

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2022-11-18 |title=Obituary Note: Marcus Sedgwick |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4363#m58298 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510025826/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4363#m58298 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2007-10-31 |title=Vampires take off teenage book prize |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/31/news.awardsandprizes |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209054837/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/31/news.awardsandprizes |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Breslin|first=Theresa}}

|{{sort|1=Medici Seal|2=The Medici Seal}}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite news |last=Lea |first=Richard |date=2007-09-04 |title=Myth and imagination dominate teenage fiction prize |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/04/news.awardsandprizes |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327015712/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/04/news.awardsandprizes |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Cann|first=Kate}}

|Leaving Poppy

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Peet|first=Mal}}

|{{sort|1=Penalty|2=The Penalty}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Reeve|first=Philip}}

|Here Lies Arthur

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Rosoff|first=Meg}}

|Just in Case

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Ness|first=Patrick}}

|{{sort|1=Knife of Never Letting Go|2=The Knife of Never Letting Go}}

|Winner

|{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2010-11-01 |title=A traveller's tale: the story behind Gregory Hughes's Unhooking the Moon |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/01/gregory-hughes-unhooking-the-moon |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808140053/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/01/gregory-hughes-unhooking-the-moon |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Gardner|first=Sally}}

|{{sort|1=Red Necklace|2=The Red Necklace}}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2008-09-01 |title=Sharp words: knives out in teenage prize shortlist |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/01/booktrust.teenage.prize |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2015-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095741/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/01/booktrust.teenage.prize |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony}}

|Snakehead

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Landman|first=Tanya}}

|Apache

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=McGowan|first=Anthony}}

|{{sort|1=Knife That Killed Me|2=The Knife That Killed Me}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Thompson|first=Kate|link=Kate Thompson (author)}}

|Creature of the Night

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Gaiman|first=Neil}}

|{{sort|1=Graveyard Book|2=The Graveyard Book}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Dowswell|first=Paul}}

|Auslander

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Grant|first=Helen|link=Helen Grant (author)}}

|{{sort|1=Vanishing of Katharina Linden|2=The Vanishing of Katharina Linden}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Gray|first=Keith}}

|Ostrich Boys

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Ness|first=Patrick}}

|{{sort|1=Ask and the Answer|2=The Ask and the Answer}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Valentine|first=Jenny}}

|{{sort|1=Ant Colony|2=The Ant Colony}}

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Hughes|first=Gregory|nolink=1}}

|Unhooking The Moon

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-11-04 |title=Awards: Booktrust Teenage Prize |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1322 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521160143/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1322 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Corder|first=Zizou}}

|Halo

|Shortlist

|{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2010-09-07 |title=Booktrust teenage prize shortlist spans time, space and genre |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/07/booktrust-teenage-prize-shortlist |access-date=2023-06-01 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2015-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223081356/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/07/booktrust-teenage-prize-shortlist |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Higson|first=Charlie}}

|{{sort|1=Enemy|2=The Enemy}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Manning|first=Sarra}}

|Nobody's Girl

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Sedgwick|first=Marcus}}

|Revolver

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Wallace|first=Jason}}

|Out of Shadows

|Shortlist

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/11 Booktrust Teenage Prize]
  • [http://www.booktrust.org.uk/ Booktrust]
  • [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1503766,00.html Booktrust Teenage Prize Shortlist 2005]

Category:Awards established in 2003

Category:2003 establishments in the United Kingdom

Category:Awards disestablished in 2010

Category:2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

Category:English-language literary awards

Category:Young adult literature awards