12-16+
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| Kite Spirit | Sita Brahmachari | Macmillan Children’s Books | |
| The Bunker Diary | Kevin Brooks | Puffin | |
| Anthem for Jackson Dawes | Celia Bryce | Bloomsbury | |
| Waiting For Gonzo | Dave Cousins | Oxford University Press | |
| After Tomorrow | Gillian Cross | Oxford University Press | |
| Maggot Moon | Sally Gardner | Julian Crouch | Hot Key Books |
| The Disappeared | C.J. Harper | Simon and Schuster | |
| The Seeing | Diana Hendry | Random House Children’s Publishers | |
| Monkey Wars | Richard Kurti | Walker Books | |
| Hostage 3 | Nick Lake | Bloomsbury | |
| The Positively Last Performance | Geraldine McCaughrean | Oxford University Press | |
| Ferryman | Claire McFall | Templar Publishing | |
| Siege | Sarah Mussi | Hachette Children’s Books | |
| Into That Forest | Louis Nowra | Joe McLaren | Egmont |
| Ketchup Clouds | Annabel Pitcher | Orion | |
| Song Hunter | Sally Prue | Oxford University Press | |
| The Wall | William Sutcliffe | Bloomsbury | |
| A World Between Us | Lydia Syson | Hot Key Books | |
| Now is the Time for Running | Michael Williams | Random House Children’s Publishers | |
| Silver | Chris Wooding | Scholastic |
7-11
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas | David Almond | Oliver Jeffers | Walker Books |
| Jemmy Button | Alix Barzelay | Jennifer Uman & Valerio Vidali | Templar Publishing |
| The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket | John Boyne | Oliver Jeffers | Random House Children’s Publishers |
| The Mystery of Wickworth Manor | Elen Caldecott | Bloomsbury | |
| The Great Unexpected | Sharon Creech | Andersen Press | |
| Pea’s Book of Best Friends | Susie Day | Random House Children’s Publishers | |
| Wings & Co: Operation Bunny | Sally Gardner | David Roberts | Orion Children’s Books |
| Lilliput | Sam Gayton | Pete Williamson | Andersen Press |
| After | Morris Gleitzman | Penguin | |
| The Abominables | Eva Ibbotson | Scholastic | |
| Billie Templar’s War | Ellie Irving | Random House Children’s Publishers | |
| Wild Boy | Rob Lloyd Jones | Walker Books | |
| Binny for Short | Hilary McKay | Hachette Children’s Books | |
| Wendy Quill is a Crocodile’s Bottom | Wendy Meddour | Mina May | Oxford University Press |
| The Naming of Tishkin Silk | Glenda Millard | Caroline Magerl | Phoenix Yard Books |
| Archie’s Unbelievably Freaky Week | Andrew Norriss | Hannah Shaw | Random House Children’s Publishers |
| Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders: WWII | Tony Robinson | Macmillan Children’s Books | |
| Rooftoppers | Katherine Rundell | Faber and Faber | |
| A Whiskery Mystery | Jo Simmons | Steve Wells | Scholastic |
| Claude in the Spotlight | Alex T. Smith | Alex T. Smith | Hachette Children’s Books |
| Liar and Spy | Rebecca Stead | Andersen Press | |
| The Last Wild | Piers Torday | Quercus | |
| The Four Children and It | Jacqueline Wilson | Nick Sharratt (Cover) | Penguin |
| The Story of the Blue Planet | Andri Snӕr Magnason | Áslaug Jónsdóttir | Pushkin Press |
| Julian Meldon D’Arcy – translator |
3-6
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| I Am An Artist! | Marta Altes | Marta Altes | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| What about Bear? | Suzanne Bloom | Suzanne Bloom | Alanna Books |
| Open Very Carefully | Nick Bromley | Nicola O’Byrne | Nosy Crow |
| The Empty stocking | Richard Curtis | Rebecca Cobb | Penguin |
| Don’t Spill the Milk | Stephen Davies | Christopher Corr | Andersen Press |
| Cheese Belongs to You | Alexis Deacon | Viviane Schwarz | Walker Books |
| Harold Finds a Voice | Courtney Dicmas | Courtney Dicmas | Child’s Play (International) Ltd |
| The Disgusting Sandwich | Gareth Edwards | Hannah Shaw | Scholastic |
| Never Ever | Jo Empson | Jo Empson | Child’s Play (International) Ltd |
| Little Owl’s Orange Scarf | Tatyana Feeney | Tatyana Feeney | Oxford University |
| Matilda’s Cat | Emily Gravett | Emily Gravett | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Rosie’s Magic Horse | Russell Hoban | Quentin Blake | Walker Books |
| This Moose Belongs To Me | Oliver Jeffers | Oliver Jeffers | Harper Collins Children’s Books |
| This is Not My Hat | Jon Klassen | Jon Klassen | Walker Books |
| Lion vs Rabbit | Alex Latimer | Alex Latimer | Random House Children’s Publishers |
| We’re Going to Build a Dam | Gillian McClure | Gillian McClure | Plaister Press Ltd |
| I Am Cat | Jackie Morris | Jackie Morris | Frances Lincoln Children’s Books |
| Hickory dickory dog | Alison Murray | Alison Murray | Orchard |
| Monkey Nut | Simon Rickerty | Simon Rickerty | Simon and Schuster |
| The Perfect Present | Fiona Roberton | Fiona Robertson | Hodder |
| Oliver | Birgitta Sif | Birgitta Sif | Walker Books |
| Primrose | Alex T. Smith | Alex T. Smith | Scholastic |
| The Dark | Lemony Snicket | Jon Klassen | Orchard |
| Mabel and Me Best of Friends | Mark Sperring | Sarah Warburton | Harper Collins Children’s Books |
| How to Hide a Lion | Helen Stephens | Helen Stephens | Scholastic |
| Dog Loves Counting | Louise Yates | Louise Yates | Random House Children’s Publishers |
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