# Bolton Children's Book Award

The Bolton Children's Book Award is an annual award given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. The award is sponsored by Bolton Literacy Trust, The University of Bolton and Page Nation.

## Honorees

Bolton Children's Book Award winners and shortlists :
| Year | Author | Title | Result |
| 2005 | Robert Muchamore | CHERUB: The Recruit | Winner |
| 2005 | Cathy Cassidy | Dizzy | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Frank Cottrell-Boyce | Millions | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Chris d'Lacey | Horace | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Alan Gibbons | The Defender | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Catherine MacPhail | Underworld | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Alex Shearer | The Lost | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Angela Woolfe | Avril Crump | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Joe Craig | Jimmy Coates: Killer | Winner |
| 2006 | Louise Arnold | Invisible Friend | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Thomas Bloor | Worm in the Blood | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Cathy Cassidy | Indigo Blue | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Alan MacDonald | Sign of the Angel | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Justin Somper | Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Jeremy Strong | Stuff | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Sophie McKenzie | Girl, Missing | Winner |
| 2007 | Elly Brewer | Jerry and the Jannans | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Michael Coleman | The Howling Tower | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Ally Kennen | Beast | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Catherine MacPhail | Nemesis | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Malcolm Rose | Kiss of Death | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Chris Ryan | Flash Flood | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Ali Sparkes | The Shapeshifter: Finding the Fox | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Derek Landy | Skulduggery Pleasant | Winner |
| 2008 | Colin Bateman | Titanic 2020 | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Will Gatti | The Geek, the Greek and the Pimpernel | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Nick Green | The Cat Kin | Shortlist |
| 2008 | F.E. Higgins | The Black Book of Secrets | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Jill Huckles | Deeper than Blue | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Jenny Valentine | Finding Violet Park | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Cat Weatherill | Wild Magic | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Sally Nicholls | Ways to Live Forever | Winner |
| 2009 | Chris Bradford | Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Philip Caveney | The Eye of the Serpent | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Zizou Corder | Boy Thief | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Berlie Doherty | A Beautiful Place for a Murder | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Kit Downes | Zal and Zara and the Great Race of Azamed | Shortlist |
| 2009 | JA Henderson | Crash | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Narinder Dhami | Bang, Bang, You're Dead! | Winner |
| 2010 | Alison Allen-Gray | Lifegame | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Vanessa Curtis | Zelah Green, Queen of Clean | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Tanya Landman | Mondays are Murder | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Rebecca Promitzer | The Pickle King | Shortlist |
| 2010 | E.E. Richardson | The Soul Trade | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Malcolm Rose | Forbidden Island | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Di Toft | Wolven | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Steve Voake | Fightback | Winner |
| 2011 | John Connolly | The Gates | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Sam Enthoven | Crawlers | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Ally Kennen | Sparks | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Tamsyn Murry | My So Called Haunting | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Jenny Valentine | The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight | Shortlist |