Awards

Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster

Shortlists and Nominations: Spark Awards

The Closest Thing to Flying

Winner: Reading Rampage 2020

Shortlists and Nominations: Young Quills 2020 Historical Fiction Awards

Sky Hawk 

Winner: UKLA Children’s Book of the Year 2012, Green Earth Book Award (Wild Wings US edition) 2012, Heart of Hawick Children’s Book Award 2012, Leeds Book Award 2012, Salford Children’s Book Award 2013, Solihull Children’s Book Award 2012, Warwickshire Children’s Book Award 2012, Tenterden Rural Alliance Book Award 2014, Children’s Book Award 2013 of the Jury of Young Readers (Austria),

Shortlists and Nominations: Brandford Boase 2012, Red House Children’s Book Award 2012, Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2012, CILIP Carnegie nominated 2012, Coventry Inspiration Awards 2012, Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year 2012, Dorset New Horizon Award 2012, Essex Book Award 2012, Kids Big Bath Read 2012, Kirkus starred review, Lancashire’s Fantastic Book Awards 2012, Leicester’s Our Best Book Award 2013, Maryland Black Eyed Susan Award (Wild Wings US edition) 2013, Northern Ireland Book Award 2013, Sefton Super Read 2012, Southampton’s Favourite Book Award 2012, Stockton Children’s Book Award 2012, USSBY Outstanding International Book for Young People 2012, Waverton Good Reads 2012, West Sussex Children’s Book award 2012/13, California Readers’ Medal (Wild Wings US edition) 2015

White Dolphin

Winner: US Green Earth Book Award

Shortlist and Nominations: Centurion Book Award 2012, Brilliant Book Award 2013, Kernow Youth Book Award 2013, Lancashire’s Fantastic Book Awards 2013, Stockport Children’s Book Award 2013

Moon Bear

Winner: German Environmental Prize for Children’s Literature. German title (Die Spur des Mondbären)

Shortlist and Nominations: Little Rebels Award 2014, Bolton Children’s Fiction Award 2013, Southampton’s Favourite Book Award 2014, Tower Hamlets Book Award 2014, Kirkus starred review

Scarlet Ibis

Winner: Little Rebels Award 2015, Haringey Children’s Book Award 2015, Teach Primary Children’s Fiction Award 2015, Weald Book Award 2015

Shortlists and nominations: UKLA Children’s Book Award, BASH St Helen’s Book Award, Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year 2015, CILIP Carnegie Medal (long-listed) 2015, East Sussex Children’s Book Award 2015, Stockport Children’s Book Award 2015, Steyning Feeder Schools Year 6 Book Award 2015

Gorilla Dawn

Shortlists and nominations: Little Rebels Award 2016, Leeds Book Award, Northeast Book Award, North Somerset Teachers Book Award and Steyning Grammar School Award.

Selected for the 2016 Bookbuzz booklist