The Hampshire Book Awards are an annual series of literary awards given to works of children's literature. The awards are run by Hampshire County Council's School Library Service. There are three awards: Hampshire Book Award, Hampshire Illustrated Book Award and Hampshire Picture Book Award. A fourth award, the Hampshire Information Book Award, is being piloted in 2013. Hampshire Book Award The Hampshire Book Award is given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. Around June every year, the final is held and selected Year 8 students from schools across Hampshire attend it in order to vote for the winning book. A celebration event for the award is held in October, and where possible, the winning author is invited to attend. Winners and shortlists 2019 Shell by Paula Rawsthorne Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls Satellite by Nick Lake The Extinction Trials by S. M. Wilson Scarecrow by Danny Weston Refugee by Alan Gratz 2018 Instructions of a Second Hand Heart by Tamsyn Murray A Dangerous Crossing by Jane Mitchell The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Between the Lies by Cathy McPhail Fir by Sharon Gosling A Seven-Letter Word by Kim Slater 2017 River of Ink by Helen Dennis My Name's Not Friday by Jon Walter The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster Island by Nicky Singer, illustrated by Chris Riddell Night Vision by Ella West Railhead by Philip Reeve 2016 Looking at the Stars by Jo Cotterill Winterkill by Kate A Boorman Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan Devil You Know by Cathy MacPhail The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel Smart by Kim Slater 2015 The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud 2014 Hostage by Chris Bradford 2013 My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher 2012 Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel Burning Secrets by Clare Chambers Outlaw by Stephen Davies Reckless by Cornelia Funke Theodore Boone: Young Lawyer by John Grisham Angel by L.A. Weatherly 2011 Time Riders by Alex Scarrow Diary of a Wimpy Vampire by Tim Collins Halo by Zizou Corder Two Good Thieves by Daniel Finn Moster Repuplic by Ben Horton Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane 2010 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Dot Robot by Jason Bradbury The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda Bang Bang You're Dead by Narinder Dhami The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Medusa Project: The Set-Up by Sophie