The 2014 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize Shortlist...

...has been announced.

The contenders are:

Flora and Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo

The Dark Wild, by Piers Torday

We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart

Phoenix, by SF Said

Related: The 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize longlist.

Related: The 2013 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.