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Costa Children's Book Award

In2006the Whitbread Awards was taken over by Costa and renamed the Costa Book Award. This collection brings together winners and nominees for the Costa Award.To see the WhitbreadAward click here .

Guantanamo Boy

For Khalid, the war on terror just got personal. In the tradition of the Bo...More
Blood Red Road, 1

In "Blood Red Road" by Moira Young, readers are introduced to Saba, a fierc...More
Solace of the Road: Her Past Lies Before Her, and There's No Turning Back.

In "Solace of the Road," the story follows 15-year-old Holly, who has been ...More
Just Henry

The Costa award-winning novel from the author of Goodnight Mr Tom. WWII ha...More
The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel: A Bartimaeus Novel

Set in ancient Jerusalem, "The Ring of Solomon" follows the mischievous and...More
The Diamond of Drury Lane: A Cat Royal Adventure

In "The Diamond of Drury Lane," young Cat Royal, an orphan raised in the li...More
Heaven Eyes

Erin, January and Mouse live in a children's home, Whitegates. They often d...More
Small Change for Stuart

Stuart Horten, ten years old and small for his age, is about to have the st...More
An Island of Our Own (2019 NE)

From one of the brightest talents in children's fiction and the winner ...More
The Lie Tree

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully ev...More
Framed

The perfect crime it's a work of art, in Frank Cottrell Boyce's ingenious ...More
Time Travelling with a Hamster

For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nig...More
The Diamond of Drury Lane

I am Cat Royal Orphan, Adventurer, Actress Meet the feistiest heroine in c...More
The Ask and the Answer (with bonus short story): Chaos Walking: Book Two

In "The Ask and the Answer," the second book in Patrick Ness's "Chaos Walki...More
The Bombs That Brought Us Together

"The Bombs That Brought Us Together" by Brian Conaghan is a poignant explor...More
Ostrich Boys

'It's not really kidnapping, is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be prop...More
The Carbon Diaries 2015

In "The Carbon Diaries 2015" by Saci Lloyd, the story is set in a near-futu...More
The Ring of Solomon

Fans of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus books will devour this book - a cracki...More
Naked without a Hat

Teenagers Will and Zara meet at a fairground and fall in love, Zara is chao...More
Maggot Moon Adult Edition

A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellionA COST...More
The Diamond of Drury Lane: Cat in London

In "The Diamond of Drury Lane: Cat in London" by Julia Golding, readers are...More
The Ghosts of Heaven: Chapters 1-5

"The Ghosts of Heaven" by Marcus Sedgwick is a unique and haunting novel th...More
Ostrich Boys

"Ostrich Boys" by Keith Gray follows the story of three friends—Kenny, Simo...More
Clay

With fascination, Davie and his friend Geordie watch the arrival of a new b...More
Wranglestone

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 COSTA BOOK AWARD SELECTED BY THE TIMES AND OBSERV...More
Journey to the River Sea

A gorgeous 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award-winning, bestse...More
Permanent Rose

Permanent Rose is the third book in Hilary McKay's laugh-out-loud, award-wi...More
Saffy's Angel

Saffy's Angel was the winner of the 2002 Whitbread Award and is the first n...More
Orangeboy: Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children, winner of the YA Book Prize

'A truly brilliant book. I galloped through it... edge of the seat stuff!' ...More
The Midnight Guardians

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2021WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S ...More
The Unforgotten Coat

The unforgotten coat belongs to Chingis, one of two Mongolian brothers Juli...More
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" follows Christopher Boo...More
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials 3

From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major critica...More
Coram Boy Edexcel GCSE 9-1 English Literature Text Guide: Ideal for Home Learning, 2023 and 2024 Exams

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Grade...More
The Carbon Diaries 2015: Book 1

It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon ...More
Not the End of the World

Everyone knows the story of the Flood, the men God chose to survive, the an...More
Bone Talk

The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. ...More
Maggot Moon

A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion Winn...More
Clay: CD

With fascination, Davie and his best friend Geordie watch the arrival of a ...More
The Explorer

In "The Explorer" by Katherine Rundell, a group of children finds themselve...More
Rose Under Fire

"Rose Under Fire" by Elizabeth Wein follows the story of Rose Justice, an A...More
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Dark Lord will rise again with his servants aid, greater and more terri...More
Blood Red, Snow White

The Russian Revolution. Fairy tale, spy thriller, love story. One man's lif...More
The Bombs That Brought Us Together: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016

WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016 Fourteen-year-old Charlie L...More
Blood Red Road

In "Blood Red Road" by Moira Young, the story follows Saba, a fierce and de...More
Oracle Betrayed

In "Oracle Betrayed" by Catherine Fisher, the story follows a prophecy that...More
Just in Case

Winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal, the captivating and darkly-comic novel J...More
Flip

Ever wake up in someone else's body?Fourteen-year-old Alex Gray wakes up on...More