The shortlist for the 2014 Costa Book Awards have been announced.  The awards are given to the best books in several categories by British and Irish authors.  One category is the Children’s Book Award.  Here is the shortlist:

 

Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders

The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick

 

Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo

Running Girl by Simon Mason

My favorite of the nominees for the Young People’s National Book Award was chosen as the winner! 

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson