The Costa Book Awards recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. There are five categories and the winner of each gets £5,000. One of the five winning books is then selected as the overall winner of the Book of the Year and receives a further £25,000.

Costa Children's Book Award

Shortlisted Books 2008

The winner will be announced in January 2009

Ostrich Boys
by Keith Gray

The Carbon Diaries 2015
by Saci Lloyd

Just Henry
by Michelle Magorian

Broken Soup
by Jenny Valentine

Winner 2007

The Bower Bird
by Ann Kelley

Shortlisted Books 2007

The Bower Bird
by Ann Kelley

Crusade
by Elizabeth Laird

What I Was
by Meg Rosoff

Blood Red Snow White
by Marcus Sedgewick

Visit the Costa Book Awards website

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