UKLA Book Award 2012 Shortlists
12-16
| Bodley Head | Long Lankin | Lindsey Barraclough | |
| Puffin Books | iBoy | Kevin Brooks | |
| Puffin Books | Being Billy | Phil Earle | |
| David Fickling Books | Trash | Andy Mulligan | |
| Walker | A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness | IIllus. Jim Kay |
| David Fickling Books | Half Brother | Kenneth Oppel |
7-11
| Random House – Corgi Children’s | A Girl Called Dog | Nicola Davies | Illus James de la Rue | |
| Scholastic Children’s Books | The memory cage | Ruth Eastham | ||
| Doubleday | Small Change for Stuart | Lissa Evans | ||
| Oxford University Press | Sky Hawk | Gill Lewis | ||
| David Fickling Books | Moon Pie | Simon Mason | ||
| Faber and Faber | The Girl Savage | Katherine Rundell |
3-6
| Alanna Books | A Splendid Friend, Indeed | Suzanne Bloom | |
| Walker Books | A Place to Call Home | Alexis Deacon | IllusVivianeSchwarz |
| Phoenix Yard Books | Little Red Hood | Marjolaine Leray | Trans Sarah Ardizzone |
| Little Tiger Press | Iris and Issac | Catherine Rayner | |
| Walker Books | Mole’s Sunrise | Jeanne Willis | Illus Sarah Fox-Davies |
| Jonathan Cape | Scruffy Bear & the Six White Mice | Chris Wormell |
