Carnegie Medal Winners by the Year

Monster Calls

2012 Winner Carnegie Medal

Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children's Book Award. Born in Virg… read more

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Monsters Of Men

2011 Winner Carnegie Medal

Monsters Of Men

by Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness, an award-winning novelist, is the author of the acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy. He has written for England’s Radio 4 and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH and is a literary critic for THE GUARDIAN. Born in Virginia, he currently lives in London.

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The Graveyard Book

2010 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book is a children's fantasy novel by British-born author Neil Gaiman. The story is about a boy named Nobody Owens who, after his family is killed by a mysterious man, is subsequently adopted and raised by the occupants of an old gr… read more

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Bog Child

2009 Winner Carnegie Medal

Bog Child

by Siobhan Dowd

Siobhan Dowd’s novels include A Swift Pure Cry , for which she was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start author, The London Eye Mystery, and Bog Child. She passed away in August of 2007 from breast cancer. From the Hardcover edition.… read more

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Just In Case

2007 Winner Carnegie Medal

Just In Case

by Meg Rosoff

Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him.And he's right.After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes… read more

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Tamar

2005 Winner Carnegie Medal

Tamar

by Peet- Mal

Mal Peet's first novel for young adults, KEEPER, won the prestigious Branford Boase Award and was selected by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. He lives in Devon, England.

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Ruby Holler

2002 Winner Carnegie Medal

Ruby Holler

by Sharon Creech

Ruby Holler (2002) is a children's novel with elements of magic realism by American writer Sharon Creech. It won the 2002 Carnegie Medal.

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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

2001 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett is Britain’s bestselling living novelist. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he “doesn’t want to get a life, because it feels as though he’s trying to lead three already”. He was appointed O… read more

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The Other Side Of Truth

2000 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Other Side Of Truth

by Beverley Naidoo

The Other Side of Truth is a children's novel about Nigerian political refugees by Beverley Naidoo, published in 2000. A powerful story about justice and freedom of speech, it received several awards including the Carnegie Medal. The novel is set… read more

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Postcards From No Man's Land

1999 Winner Carnegie Medal

Postcards From No Man's Land

by Aidan Chambers

Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacob's plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfather's tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing … read more

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Skellig

1998 Winner Carnegie Medal

Skellig

by David Almond

Skellig is a children's novel by David Almond, for which Almond was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1998 and also the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. In 2007 it was selected by judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's … read more

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River Boy

1997 Winner Carnegie Medal

River Boy

by Tim Bowler

River Boy is a young adult novel by Tim Bowler, published in 1997. It is the story of a teenage girl facing the prospect of bereavement. River Boy was awarded the 1997 Carnegie Medal, and the 1999 Angus Book Award.

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Junk

1996 Winner Carnegie Medal

Junk

by Melvin Burgess

An uncompromising, compelling and true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction. This tour de force by an acclaimed and provocative writer should become a definitive teenage novel on this subje… read more

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Flour Babies

1992 Winner Carnegie Medal

Flour Babies

by Anne Fine

Flour Babies is a 1992 book by Anne Fine, aimed at older children, which won the Carnegie Medal.

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Dear Nobody

1991 Winner Carnegie Medal

Dear Nobody

by Berlie Doherty

Dear Nobody is a young adult novel by Berlie Doherty, published in 1991. Set in the northern English city of Sheffield, Dear Nobody tells the story of an unplanned teenage pregnancy and the effect it has on the teenagers and their families. The novel… read more

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Wolf

1990 Winner Carnegie Medal

Wolf

by Gillian Cross

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Goggle-Eyes

1989 Winner Carnegie Medal

Goggle-Eyes

by Anne Fine

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The Ghost Drum

1987 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Ghost Drum

by Susan Price

The Ghost Drum is a children's fantasy novel by Susan Price, first published in 1987. It is an original fairy tale using elements from Russian history and folklore, and, like many traditional tales, is full of cruelty, violence and sudden death. … read more

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Granny Was a Buffer Girl

1986 Winner Carnegie Medal

Granny Was a Buffer Girl

by Berlie Doherty

Granny Was a Buffer Girl is a young adult novel by Berlie Doherty, published in 1986. The novel recounts stories of love, loyalty and change in several generations of a Sheffield family from the 1930s to the 1980s, linking them to the changing fortun… read more

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The Changeover

1984 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Changeover

by Margaret Mahy

The Changeover: a Supernatural Romance is a young adult novel by the New Zealand novelist Margaret Mahy, first published in 1984. It won the Carnegie Medal for that year.

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Handles

1983 Winner Carnegie Medal

Handles

by Jan Mark

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Tulku

1979 Winner Carnegie Medal

Tulku

by Peter Dickinson

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The Exeter Blitz

1978 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Exeter Blitz

by David Rees

The Exeter Blitz is a children's historical novel by David Rees, first published in 1978. It won the Carnegie Medal for that year. The novel is about the heavy air raid on the city of Exeter in Devon in May 1942, and its effect on the life of one… read more

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The Turbulent Term Of Tyke Tiler

1977 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Turbulent Term Of Tyke Tiler

by Gene Kemp

The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler is a children's novel by Gene Kemp, first published in 1977. It takes place at Cricklepit Combined School, a primary school in southern England which is the setting for several other of Kemp's stories. The nov… read more

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Thunder and Lightnings

1976 Winner Carnegie Medal

Thunder and Lightnings

by Jan Mark

Thunder and Lightnings is a children's book, the first novel written by Jan Mark. It won the Penguin Guardian Award for a first children’s book and the Carnegie Medal for 1976. The novel tells the story of the developing friendship between two … read more

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The Machine-Gunners

1975 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Machine-Gunners

by Robert Westall

Imprint: Puffin Books

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The Ghost Of Thomas Kempe

1973 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Ghost Of Thomas Kempe

by Penelope Lively

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a novel for children by Penelope Lively published in 1973. The novel won the Carnegie Medal in 1973.

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Watership Down

1972 Winner Carnegie Medal

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

Watership Down is an allegorical fantasy novel written by British author Richard Adams, narrating the adventures of a small group of anthropomorphized rabbits as they escape the destruction of their homeland. The story is set in England’… read more

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Josh

1971 Winner Carnegie Medal

Josh

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The God Beneath the Sea

1970 Winner Carnegie Medal

The God Beneath the Sea

by Leon Garfield

The God Beneath the Sea is a children's novel based on Greek mythology, written by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen with illustrations by Charles Keeping. The God Beneath the Sea was awarded the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and was runner-up for the 1970… read more

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Edge Of the Cloud

1969 Winner Carnegie Medal

Edge Of the Cloud

by Peyton K M

The Edge of the Cloud is the second novel in the Flambards sequence by K. M. Peyton. It is set in the years prior to the First World War and has a strong backdrop of aviation as it follows the romance of Christina Parsons and Will Russell. It was awa… read more

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The Moon In the Cloud

1968 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Moon In the Cloud

by Harris Rosemary

The Moon in the Cloud is a light-hearted children's historical fantasy by Rosemary Harris, first published in 1968. The novel is set in ancient Canaan and Egypt at the time of the Biblical Flood. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal for 1968, and wa… read more

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The Owl Service

1967 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Owl Service

by Alan Garner

The Owl Service is a novel by Alan Garner first published in 1967. It is a contemporary interpretation, which Garner described as an "expression of the myth", of the story of the mythical Welsh figure of Blodeuwedd, whose story is told in t… read more

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Nordy Bank

1964 Winner Carnegie Medal

Nordy Bank

by Sheena Porter

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Grass Rope

1957 Winner Carnegie Medal

Grass Rope

by William Mayne

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The Last Battle

1956 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Last Battle

by C S Lewis

The Last Battle is the final book in the Narnia series.  Eustace and Jill have spent many years away from Narnia, and are suddenly and violently returned to help the once glorious land face it's darkest hour.  The King, a Unicorn, and … read more

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Knight Crusader

1954 Winner Carnegie Medal

Knight Crusader

by Ronald Welch

Knight Crusader is a children's historical novel by Ronald Welch, first published in 1954. It is set primarily in the Crusader states of Outremer in the twelfth century and depicts the Battle of Hattin and the Third Crusade. The novel was awarded… read more

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A Valley Grows Up

1953 Winner Carnegie Medal

A Valley Grows Up

by Edward Osmond

A Valley Grows Up is a history book for children written and illustrated by Edward Osmond, first published in 1953. It follows the changes in an imaginary English valley over the course of seven thousand years, from 5000 BC to 1900. It was awarded th… read more

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Borrowers

1952 Winner Carnegie Medal

Borrowers

by Mary Norton

The Borrowers is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton about tiny people who "borrow" things from normal humans and keep their existence unknown. The central characters are the Clock family: father Pod, mother Homily, and their spirited thirteen-… read more

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Collected Stories For Children

1947 Winner Carnegie Medal

Collected Stories For Children

by Walter De La Mare

Collected Stories for Children is a collection of nineteen short stories by Walter de la Mare, published in 1947. The book was awarded the Carnegie Medal for 1947, the first collection of stories to win the award, and the first time that previously p… read more

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The Little White Horse

1946 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Little White Horse

by Elizabeth Goudge

The Little White Horse is a children's fantasy novel by Elizabeth Goudge which won the 1946 Carnegie Medal for children's literature. The original edition was illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. It has been adapted for film and television.

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The Little Grey Men

1942 Winner Carnegie Medal

The Little Grey Men

by Bb

The Little Grey Men is a children's storybook by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, writing under the pseudonym “BB”. It tells the exploits of four gnomes, named after the flowers Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry. The Little Grey Men won BB… read more

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Pigeon Post

1936 Winner Carnegie Medal

Pigeon Post

by Arthur Ransome

Pigeon Post is the sixth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1936. It won the first Carnegie Medal awarded for children's literature. This book is one of the few Swallows and Amazons book… read more

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