The Author School has announced the shortlist for The Diverse Book Awards 2021. The books highlight the best diverse books published in the UK during 2020. The awards are open only to UK-based authors. Here are the shortlists for the Children’s and Young Adults categories:

CHILDREN’S

Baller Boys by Venessa Taylor, illustrated by Kenneth Ghann

Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon, illustrated by Dapo Adeola

Do You Know Me? by Rebecca Westcott, Libby Scott

Little Badman and the Time-Travelling Teacher of Doom by Humza Arshad and Henry White, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff

Too Small Tola by Atinuke, illustrated by Onyinye Iwu

Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah

Zombierella: Fairy Tales Gone Bad by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Freya Hartas

YOUNG ADULTS

And The Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando

Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu

Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle

Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence

Hideous Beauty by William Hussey

Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

Wonderland by Juno Dawson