The shortlisted titles for the 2014 Branford Boase Award...

...have been announced.

They are:

Geek Girlby Holly Smale, edited by Lizzie Clifford

Winter Damage, by Natasha Carthew, edited by Rebecca McNally

Infinite Skyby C J Flood, edited by Venetia Gosling

Wild Boyby Rob Lloyd Jones, edited by Mara Bergman

Red Inkby Julie Mayhew, edited by Emily Thomas

Alex, the Dog, and the Unopenable Door, by Ross Montgomery, edited by Rebecca Lee & Susila Baybars

The Poison Boyby Fletcher Moss, edited by Imogen Cooper and Barry Cunningham

All new to me, and there are a few there that I'll be hunting down STAT!

The Branford Boase Award is given annually to:

..an outstanding first novel to a first-time writer of a book for young people. At the same time, it marks the important contribution of the editor in identifying and nurturing new talent.