The votes are in! Pupils throughout Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray have made their choices and the shortlist is as follows:
GCBA 2013 Shortlist
15 Days Without a Head by Dave Cousins
The 13th Horseman by Barry Hutchison
Socks are Not Enough by Mark Lowery
Out of the Depths by Cathy MacPhail
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher