The shortlist for the prestigious children’s book award, the Carnegie Medal, was announced today. The eight titles:
My Name is Mina by David Almond, Hodder (9+)
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans, Doubleday (8+)
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett, Walker (9+)
Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis, Andersen (12+)
Trash by Andy Mulligan, D. Fickling (12+)
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Walker (9+)
My Sister lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher, Orion (10+)
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys, Puffin (12+).
Founded in 1936, the Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by CILIP (Chartered Institute for Librarians and Information Professionals) which encourages schools to get children and teenagers reading the books shortlisted with its Carnegie Shadowing scheme.
At OLA we have a reading group with pupils from years 7 and 8, who will reading and reviewing the books as well as meeting pupils from the five other local secondary schools to discuss the books.
