Hong Kong Golden Dragon Book Awards

Previous GDBA Winners

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2023-24 WINNERS

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

2022-23 WINNERS

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Early Childhood: I Can be Anything by Shinsuke Yoshitake

Young Reader: The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

Older Reader: Millionaires for the Months by Stacy McAnulty

Mature Reader: We were Dreamers by Simu Liu

Debbie Alvarez: I am Sam by Claire Hsu-Vuchat, illustrated by Kori Song

2021-22 WINNERS

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Early Childhood: Little Rat and the Golden Seed (A story told in English and Chinese) by Jian Li

Young Reader: A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

Older Reader: No Fixed address by Susin Nielsen

Mature Reader: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Debbie Alvarez: The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley, illustrated by Naguyen Quang and Kim Lien

2020-21 WINNERS

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Early Childhood: The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee

Young Reader: Roll with It by Jamie Sumner

Older Reader: The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

Mature Reader: The Silence of Bones by June Hur

Debbie Alvarez: Because by Mo Willems, illustrated by Amber Ren

2019-20 WINNERS

Winners:

Early Childhood: The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt

Young Reader: The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

Older Reader: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Mature Reader: Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls

Debbie Alvarez: Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley


Honours:

Early Childhood: The Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete Oswald

Young Reader: The First of Everything by Nury Vittachi

Older Reader: Refugee by Alan Gratz

Mature Reader: Want by Cindy Pon

Debbie Alvarez: Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall

2018-19 WINNERS

Winners:

Early Childhood: I'm going to Eat This Ant by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

Young Reader: Bad Dad by David Walliams

Older Reader: See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

Mature Reader: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

Debbie Alvarez: Xo, Ox: A Love Story by Adam Rex


Honours:

Early Childhood: Leave Me Alone by Vera Brosgol

Young Reader: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo and Rebel Girls

Older Reader: Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

Mature Reader: How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana with Abigail Pesta

Debbie Alvarez: Might Moby by Barbara DaCosta, illus. by Ed Young

2017-18 WINNERS

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Winners:

Early Childhood: Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor, Illustrated by Jean Jullian

Young Reader: The Midnight Gang by David Walliams

Older Reader: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Parts one and two based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne ; a new play by Jack Thorne.

Mature Reader: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Debbie Alvarez: We're all Wonders by R.J. Palacio


Honours:

Early Childhood: Snappsy the Alligator by Julie Falatko, illustrated by Tim Miller

Young Reader: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Older Reader: Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan

Mature Reader: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey To Freedom by Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers

Debbie Alvarez: Suri's Wall by Lucy Estela and Matt Ottley

2016-17 WINNERS

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Early Childhood

Young Reader

Older Reader

Mature Reader

Debbie Alvarez Award

Winners:

Early Childhood: I Yam a Donkey by Cece Bell

Young Reader: The 65-Storye Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Older Reader: The War That Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Mature Reader: The Martian by Andy Weir

Debbie Alvarez: Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall


Honours:

Early Childhood: Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

Young Reader: Noodle Magic by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by Meilo So

Older Reader: The Nest by Kenneth Oppel and Jon Kalassen

Mature Reader: The One by John Marrs

Debbie Alvarez: Willy's Stiries by Anthony Browne