Orion Lost by Alastair Chisholm (Nosy Crow)
When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten (Pushkin)
A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth by Francesca Gibbons, illustrated by Chris Riddell (HarperCollins)
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll (Knights of)
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson, illustrated by Rob Biddulph (Usborne)
Llama Out Loud by Annabelle Sami, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan (Farshore)