YA Book Prize 2021 Shortlist

The YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist includes genre titles Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (Stripes/Little Tiger) and Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury (Scholastic).

The £2,000 YA Book Prize is awarded to a YA title written by an author living in the UK or Ireland. Finalists and winners are selected by a panel of judges: Caroline Carpenter (chair), Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Rachel Fox, Will Hill, Layla Hudson, and Sanne Vliegenthart.

The prize is organized by book trade magazine The Bookseller and run in partnership with Hay Festival. For more information, and the complete shortlist, see the official prize website.

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