Message from the Committee:

Here are the shortlisted books for the 2009-10 award. Click on any card below to find out more about the book, to see what our readers thought of it, or to add your own comments!

Proxime Accesserunt

The following books came close to being shortlisted:

• Tim Bowler, Bloodchild (Oxford University Press)
• Michael Grant, Gone (Egmont Books)
• Julie Hearn, Rowan the Strange (Oxford University Press)
• Charlie Higson, The Enemy (Puffin)
• Ross Kemp, Ganglands (Puffin)
• Katherine Langrish, Dark Angels (HarperCollins)
• David Miller, Shark Island (Oxford University Press)
• Robert Muchamore, The Escape (Hodder)
• Gillian Philip, Crossing the Line (Bloomsbury)
• Jenny Valentine, The Ant Colony (HarperCollins)
• Chris Wooding, Malice (Scholastic)