2008 prize
Winner
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Walker)
Other shortlisted titles
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner (Orion)
Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz (Walker)
Apache by Tanya Landman (Walker)
The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan (Definitions)
Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson (Bodley Head)
2007 prize
Winner
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick (Orion)
Other shortlisted titles
The Medici Seal by Theresa Breslin (Doubleday)
Leaving Poppy by Kate Cann (Scholastic)
The Penalty by Mal Peet (Walker Books)
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (Scholastic)
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff (Penguin)
2006 prize
Winner
Henry Tumour by Anthony McGowan (Doubleday)
Other shortlisted titles
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd (David Fickling Books)
Beast by Ally Kennan (Scholastic Books)
Exchange by Paul Magrs (Simon and Schuster)
The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick (Orion)
Angel Blood by John Singleton (Puffin)
2005 prize
Winner
Century by Sarah Singleton (Simon and Schuster)
Other shortlisted titles
The Whisper by Bali Rai (Corgi)
Come Clean by Terri Paddock (HarperCollins)
Siberia by Ann Halam (Orion)
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (Penguin)
The Unrivalled Spangles by Karen Wallace (Simon and Schuster)
Sugar Rush by Julie Burchill (Young Picador)
2004 prize
Winner
Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy (Scholastic)
Other shortlisted titles
Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde (Egmont)
Rani and Sukh by Bali Rai (Corgi)
Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman (Hodder)
The Opposite of Chocolate by Julie Bertagna (Macmillan)
The Dark Beneath by Alan Gibbons (Orion)
Unique by Alison Allen-Gray (Oxford University Press).
Deep Secret by Berlie Doherty (Puffin)
2003 prize
Winner
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (David Fickling Books)
Other shortlisted titles
Doing It by Melvin Burgess (Andersen Press)
Lucas by Kevin Brooks (The Chicken House)
The Dungeon by Lynne Reid Banks (HarperCollins)
The Edge by Alan Gibbons (Orion)
Caught in the Crossfire by Alan Gibbons (Orion)
Malarkey by Keith Gray (Red Fox)
