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        • The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington
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        • The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day by Christopher Edge
        • Kick by Mitch Johnson
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        • A Boy Called Christmas
        • Ink
        • Mind the Gap
        • Orbiting Jupiter
        • The Goldfish Boy
        • The Case of the Forked Road
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        • Blame
        • A Boy Called Christmas
        • The Case of the Forked Road
        • The Goldfish Boy
        • Ink
        • The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
        • Margot and Me
        • Mind the Gap
        • The One Memory of Flora Banks
        • Orbiting Jupiter
        • The Trap
        • What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible
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        • 13 Days of Midnight
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        • Bullet Catcher
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        • Eliza Rose
        • Finding Audrey
        • Jessica’s Ghost
        • The Last Immortal
        • Maladapted
        • Railhead
        • Wave
        • We Are All Made of Molecules
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        • Demolition Dad
        • Finding Audrey
        • My Brother is a Superhero
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#DSBA23

We are delighted to announce our shortlist for DSBA 2023!

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