The YA Book Prize shortlist 2019
The 2019 shortlist for the YA Book Prize has been revealed.
Launched in 2014, the YA Book Prize celebrates great YA books written by authors living in the UK or Ireland, and aims to get more teenagers and young adults reading.
- Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard
- Clean by Juno Dawson
- Big Bones by Laura Dockrill
- I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan
- The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill
- I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
- White Rabbit, Red Wolf by Tom Pollock
- Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Katherine Webber
- A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood
The winner of the 2019 YA Book Prize will be announced at a ceremony at the Hay Festival on Thursday 30 May. Find out more about this year’s shortlisted titles here.