2020
The Star Outside My Window
by Onjali Q. Raúf
(Orion Children’s Books)
Chinglish: An Almost Entirely True Story
by Sue Cheung
(Andersen Press)
This Green and Pleasant Land
by Ayisha Malik
(Zaffre/Bonnier)
2021
Windrush Child
by Benjamin Zephaniah
(Scholastic Children’s Books)
Run, Rebel
by Manjeet Mann
(Penguin Random House Children’s)
A More Perfect Union
by Tammye Huf
(Myriad Editions)
2022
Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow
by Benjamin Dean
Illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
(Simon & Schuster Children’s UK)
Skin of the Sea
by Natasha Bowen
(Penguin Random House Children's)
Next of Kin
by Kia Abdullah
(HQ)
2023
Dadaji's Paintbrush
by Rashmi Sirdeshpande,
illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane
(Andersen Press)
The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger
by J.T. Williams,
illustrated by Simone Douglas
(Farshore)
When Our Worlds Collided
by Danielle Jawando
(Simon & Schuster)
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
by Marie-Claire Amuah
(Oneworld)
2024
To The Other Side
by Erika Meza
(Hodder Children's Books)
Steady For This
by Nathanael Lessore
(Hot Key Books)
The First Move
by Jenny Ireland
(Penguin Random House Children's)
Maame
by Jessica George
(Hodder and Stoughton)
2025
Until You Find the Sun
by Maryam Hassan,
illustrated by Anna Wilson
(Hodder Children's Books)
Birdie
by J. P. Rose
(Andersen Press)
Wild East
by Ashley Hickson-Lovence
(Penguin Random House Children’s)
Allow Me to Introduce Myself
by Onyi Nwabineli
(Magpie)