The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, illustrated by Anshika Khullar (Hachette Children’s Group)
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake (Hachette Children’s Group)
Lark by Anthony McGowan (Barrington Stoke)
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Little Tiger)
Lampie written and illustratedby Annet Schaap and translated by Laura Watkinson (Pushkin Children’s Books)
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick, illustrated by Alexis Deacon (Walker Books)
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Walker Books)
Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick (Head of Zeus)