Guardian children's fiction prize 2008
Julia Eccleshare's choice
And the winner is ...Julia Eccleshare celebrates The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness
Children's book prize: 'People have realised that a teenage audience is receptive'
Sharp take on power of knives wins Guardian book prize
Knife story wins Guardian children's fiction prize
Books blog
A year of writing dangerously
Captivating and cosmic
Young critics in the Guardian's annual competition enjoyed both gritty and fantastical stories
Children's books
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell BoyceIn this extract from Cosmic, Liam finds himself aboard Infinite Possibility, a space rocket hurtling far beyond the earth's orbit
Bog Child by Siobhan Down
When Fergus accompanies Uncle Tally across the border, he finds something that leads him to question his uncles loyalties
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Julia Eccleshare's choice
Hazardous choicesTeen novel up for Guardian book prize
Longlist announced for Guardian Children's Fiction award
