Award category archive

Carnegie Medal – Children's Winners

Browse Carnegie Medal Children's winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Carnegie Medal history.

Carnegie Medal Children's Cross-year archive

2023

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2023 award year.

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Winner

The Blue Book of Nebo

Ros, Manon Steffan

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2021 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2023 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

I Must Betray You

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Light in Everything

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Medusa

Standalone · Action Adventure

Jan-2022 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Needle

Lawrence, Patrice

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2022 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2022

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2022 award year.

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Winner

October, October

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Cane Warriors

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2021 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Guard your Heart

Standalone · Romance

Jun-2022 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Punching the Air

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Tsunami Girl

Sedgwick, Julian

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Mar-2021 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

When the Sky Falls

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2022 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2021

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2021 award year.

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Winner

Look Both Ways

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Clap When You Land

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Echo Mountain

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Fountains of Silence

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Girl Who Speaks Bear

Anderson, Sophie

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Girl Who Became A Tree

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2021 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

On Midnight Beach

Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Run, Rebel

Standalone

Feb-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2020

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2020 award year.

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Winner

Lark

McGowan, Anthony

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

The Black Flamingo

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Girl. Boy. Sea.

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Lampie

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Nowhere on Earth

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2020 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

On the Come Up

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Patron Saints of Nothing

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

Sedgwick, Julian

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2019

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2019 award year.

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Winner

The Poet X

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Bone Talk

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The House with Chicken Legs

Anderson, Sophie

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Land of Neverendings

Standalone · Action Adventure

Aug-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Long Way Down

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Poet X

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Rebound

Alexander, Kwame

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

A Skinful of Shadows

Hardinge, Frances

Standalone · Dark Fantasy

Oct-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Things a Bright Girl Can Do

Nicholls, Sally

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2018

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2018 award year.

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Winner

Where the World Ends

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Standalone · General Fiction

Dec-2019 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

After the Fire

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Beyond the Bright Sea

Standalone · Historical

May-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Hate U Give

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Release

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Saint Death

Sedgwick, Marcus

Standalone · Action Adventure

Apr-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Wed Wabbit

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2017

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2017 award year.

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Winner

Salt to the Sea

Standalone · Action Adventure

Feb-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Beck

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Bone Sparrow

Standalone · Historical

Nov-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Railhead

Standalone · Science Fiction

Apr-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Smell of Other People's Houses

Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth

Boyce, Frank Cottrell

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Stars at Oktober Bend

Millard, Glenda

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2018 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Wolf Hollow

Standalone · Historical

May-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2016

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2016 award year.

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Winner

One

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2015 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Fire Color One

Valentine, Jenny

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Five Children on the Western Front

Standalone · Action Adventure

Aug-2016 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Ghosts of Heaven

Sedgwick, Marcus

Standalone · Science Fiction

Jan-2015 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Lie Tree

Hardinge, Frances

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2015 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Lies We Tell Ourselves

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2014 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2015 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

There Will Be Lies

Standalone · Mystery

Jan-2015 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2015

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2015 award year.

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Winner

Buffalo Soldier

Standalone · Historical

2015 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Apple and Rain

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2014 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Cuckoo Song

Hardinge, Frances

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2014 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Fastest Boy in the World

Laird, Elizabeth

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2014 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

More Than This

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Tinder

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

When Mr Dog Bites

Conaghan, Brian

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2014 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2014

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2014 award year.

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Winner

The Bunker Diary

Standalone · Action Adventure

Mar-2015 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

All the Truth That's in Me

Standalone · Mystery

Oct-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Blood Family

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2017 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Ghost Hawk

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Liar & Spy

Standalone · Mystery

Aug-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Rooftoppers

Rundell, Katherine

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Wall

Sutcliffe, William

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2013

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2013 award year.

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Winner

Maggot Moon

Standalone · Steampunk

Feb-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat

Standalone · Action Adventure

Jun-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Code Name Verity

Wein, Elizabeth

WWII Pilots Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

May-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

A Greyhound of a Girl

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

In Darkness

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Midwinterblood

Sedgwick, Marcus

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Weight of Water

Standalone · Romance

Jul-2013 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Wonder

Wonder Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Feb-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

2012

Carnegie Medal Children's results for the 2012 award year.

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Winner

A Monster Calls

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Carnegie Medal Children's winner

Nominee

Between Shades of Gray // Ashes in the Snow

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2011 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Everybody Jam

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2011 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

The Midnight Zoo

Hartnett, Sonya

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2011 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

My Name Is Mina

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

Pitcher, Annabel

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Small Change for Stuart

Standalone · Suspense

May-2012 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

Nominee

Trash

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2010 Carnegie Medal Children's nominee

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