{"id":943,"date":"2021-12-09T15:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/LearningResourceService\/?p=943"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:49:52","slug":"red-book-award-hist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/LearningResourceService\/red-book-award-hist\/","title":{"rendered":"RED Book Award History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Previous winners and shortlists:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RED 19\u00a0<strong>(2024-2025): This Book Kills by Ravena Guron<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This Tale is Forbidden, Polly Crosby<\/li>\n<li>How Far We&#8217;ve Come, Joyce Efia Harmer<\/li>\n<li>100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Caf\u00e9, Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kutsuwada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 18\u00a0<strong>(2023-2024): War of the Wind by Victoria Williamson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skin of the Sea, Natasha Bowen<\/li>\n<li>Dogs of the Deadlands, Anthony McGowan<\/li>\n<li>Stateless, Elizabeth Wein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 17\u00a0<strong>(2022-2023): Last One to Die by Cynthia Murphy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cardboard Cowboys, Brian Conaghan<\/li>\n<li>The Younglings: Shadows and Magic, Helen Craggs<\/li>\n<li>Needle, Patrice Lawrence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 16\u00a0<strong>(2021-2022):\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>A Kind of Spark <\/em>by <\/strong><strong>Elle McNicoll\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evernight, Ross MacKenzie<\/li>\n<li>Run, Rebel, Manjeet Mann<\/li>\n<li>Hold Back the Tide, Melinda Salisbury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 15 <strong>(2020-2021 award):\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Illegal by E<\/em><\/strong><strong>oin Colfer and Andrew Donkin<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summer Bird Blue, Akemi Dawn Bowman<\/li>\n<li>A Pocketful of Stars, Aisha Bushby<\/li>\n<li>My Name&#8217;s Not Friday, Jon Walter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 14 <strong>(2019-2020 award):\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>The Quiet at the End of the World <\/em>by <\/strong><strong>Lauren James\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orphan Monster Spy, Matt Killeen<\/li>\n<li>The Closest Thing to Flying, Gill Lewis<\/li>\n<li>Outwalkers, Fiona Shaw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 13<strong> (2018-2019 award):\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Sunflowers in February <\/em>by <\/strong><strong>Phyllida Shrimpton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kick, Mitch Johnson<\/li>\n<li>I am Traitor, Sif Sigmarsdottir<\/li>\n<li>Sky Thieves, Dan Walker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"width: 840px;height: 26px\">RED 12<strong> (2017-2018 award):\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Welcome to Nowhere<\/em><\/strong><strong> by <\/strong><strong>Elizabeth<\/strong> <strong>Laird <\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boy X, Dan Smith<\/li>\n<li>Hell and High Water, Tanya Landman<\/li>\n<li style=\"width: 842px;height: 2px\">Rebel of the Sands, Alwyn Hamilton<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 11 <strong>(2016-2017 award): <em>13 Hours<\/em> by Narinder Dhami <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Apple Tart of Hope, <em>Sarah M Fitzgerald<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The Year of the Rat, <em>Clare Furniss<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Devil You Know, <em>Cathy MacPhail<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 10<strong> (2015-2016 award): <em>Mind Blind<\/em> by Lari Don <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beneath, <em>Gill Arbuthnot<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Salvage, <em>Keren David<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Inflicted, <em>Ria Frances<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 9<strong> (2014-2015 award): <em>Raining Fire<\/em> by Alan Gibbons <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rat Runners, <em>Oisin McGann<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mosi\u2019s War, <em>Cathy MacPhail<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Soul Shadows, <em>Alex Woolf<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 8<strong> (2013-2014 award): <em>Slated by <\/em>Teri Terry <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mortal Chaos, <em>Matt Dickinson<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Torn, <em>David Massey<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mr Creecher, <em>Chris Priestly<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 7<strong> (2012-2013 award): <em>An Act of Love<\/em> by Alan Gibbons <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, <em>Annabel Pitcher<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Gladiator, <em>Simon Scarrow<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Blood Red Road, <em>Moira Young<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 6<strong> (2011-12 award): <em>Wasted<\/em><\/strong><strong> by Nicola Morgan <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ausl\u00e4nder, <em>Paul Dowswell<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Koh Tabu, <em>Ann Kelley<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Black Out, <em>Sam Mills<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Timeriders, <em>Alex Scarrow<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 5<strong> (2010-11 award): <em>Grass<\/em> by Cathy MacPhail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wolfcry, <em>Julia Golding<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Colony, <em>J A Henderson<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chalkline, <em>Jane Mitchell<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Deathwatch, <em>Nicola<\/em><em> Morgan<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 4<strong> (2009-10 award): <em>Divided City<\/em> by Theresa Breslin <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t Tell, <em>Sandra Glover<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Beast, <em>Ally Kennan<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Forged in the Fire, <em>Ann Turnbull<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 3<strong> (2008-09 award): <em>Worse Than Boys by<\/em> Cathy MacPhail <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Message from Mia, <em>Sandra Glover<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Bunker 10, <em>J A Henderson<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Fearless, <em>Tim Lott<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea, <em>Michael Morpurgo<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RED 2<strong> (2007-08 award): <em>Blood Ties<\/em> by Sophie McKenzie <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ice Cream Con, <em>Jimmy Docherty<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ostrich Boys, <em>Keith Gray<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Strangled Silence, <em>Oisin 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