The Children’s Booker – Irish Choices 2016 to 2025 — Sarah Webb
2021
The Monsters of Rookhaven by Pádraig Kenny
Dark, creepy and beautifully written
2020
The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan
Another remarkable verse novel – still brings me to tears.
2019
Flying Tips for Flightless Birds by Kelly McCaughrain
Tender, stong and beautifully written
2018
Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
An outstanding graphic novel, full of truth and hope
2017
Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden
A powerful fantasy novel
2016
The Wordsmith by Patricia Forde
An outstanding debut
What books would you have chosen? I’d love to know.
Roll on The Children’s Booker 2027.
