Carnegie Award 2022

 

We are delighted to announce that our former book of the month, October, October by Katya Balen, won the Yoto Carnegie Award this year. 

Our book groups have been shadowing the Yoto Carnegie Award shortlist and you can see videos about the shortlisted books here: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1560615341569081345.

There is more information about all the books on the Carnegie website.

CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021 Shortlisted books

Reading some of the best fiction around.

Carnegie Medal winner

Carnegie Medal winner

Congratulations to Anthony McGowan who won the Carnegie Medal 2020 with his short novel  "Lark".

The themes of survival and connection with nature really resonated with the judges.

This is the fourth book by McGowan published by Barrington Stoke (Brock, Pike and Rook).  You will find them all in the school library in the super readable section at start of Teen Fiction.

"These books form an incredible body of work that eloquently explores the reality of growing up in deprivation, while also illuminating the potential for succour and healing that can be found in the natural world"

from the Barrington Stoke website.

Carnegie Winner announced

Elizabeth Acevedo has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Carnegie Medal. This is the first novel from the Dominican- American writer and the first Carnegie winning book to be written in verse.  "The Poet X "explores themes of identity, freedom, first love and finding your own voice. A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world. According to the judges, the novel is “a searing, unflinching exploration of culture, family and faith within a truly innovative verse structure”.  Xiomara “comes to life on every page and shows the reader how girls and women can learn to inhabit, and love, their own skin”.

Last week we had our own Poetry Slam in school and heard the voices of some very talented Young People. This is a novel which will inspire.

 “I fell in love at slam poetry. This one will stay with you a long time.” – Angie Thomas, author of the bestselling The Hate You Give.

Carnegie Short List announced.

We will be reading from the Carnegie shortlist for the rest of this term. Keen readers may want to try and read all 8 Carnegie titles by the summer but most of the Book Group will read a couple of titles each and report back to the group.