Mackenzie Crook nominated for book award

The prize is split between three categories, the other two being picture books and teen books, with the category winners picking up a �2,000 prize before the judges select an overall winner who collects an additional �3,000.

The teen category features a line-up of books with hard-hitting themes including the impressive My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher, which deals with family bereavement and terrorism. The Fiction 5-12 section, which includes Crook's book, also features the witty Brilliant Wold Of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon and the tender and elegant Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis.

Sarah Clarke, Children?s Buying Manager at Waterstones, said: ?The teen shortlist reflects a growing appetite in the Young Adult market for books that deal with tough social issues. It demonstrates how young people today are not afraid to talk about serious subjects, in some cases, more so than adults.?

James Daunt, managing director of Waterstones, said: "This award is chosen entirely by our booksellers, whose experience and knowledge results in a fascinating and inspiring shortlist every year."

The winners will be announced at a reception at Waterstones' Piccadilly store in central London on Wednesday March 28.

Picture Books:

1. No! by Marta Alt�s (Child?s Play)

2. I Don?t Want to be a Pea! by Ann Bonwill & Simon Rickerty (Oxford University Press)

3. The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle (Templar Publishing)

4. A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton (Walker)

5. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Walker)

6. Good Little Wolf by Nadia Shireen (Jonathan Cape)

Fiction 5-12

7. The Windvale Sprites by Mackenzie Crook (Faber and Faber)

8. Muncle Trogg by Janet Foxley (Chicken House)

9. Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis (Oxford University Press)

10. The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by L. Pichon (Scholastic)

11. Milo and the Restart Button by Alan Silberberg (Simon & Schuster)

12. Claude in the City by Alex T. Smith (Hodder Children?s Books)

Teen

13. You Against Me by Jenny Downham (David Fickling Books)

14. Being Billy by Phil Earle (Penguin)

15. Amy and Roger?s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson (Simon & Schuster)

16. My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher (Orion)

17. Divergent by Veronica Roth (HarperCollins Children?s Books)

18. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Penguin)

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