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2023
Winner
The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

​Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award Winner
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Shortlist
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari illustrated by Natalie Sirett
Medusa by Jessie Burton illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch
Needle by Patrice Lawrence

Longlist
The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott
Running with Horses by Jason Cockcroft
The Worlds We Leave Behind by AF Harrold illustrated by Levi Pinfold
Green Rising by Lauren James
When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave illustrated by Tom de Freston
Wrath by Marcus Sedgwick
The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani

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Carnegie Medal

2022
Winner & Shadowers’ Choice Award Winner
October, October by Katya Balen illustrated by Angela Harding

Shortlist
Guard Your Heart by Sue Divin
When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle
Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
The Crossing by Manjeet Mann
Tsunami Girl by Julian Sedgwick illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada
Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

Longlist
Musical Truth by Jeffrey Boakye illustrated by Ngadi Smart
We Were Wolves by Jason Cockcroft
When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten
The Climbers by Keith Gray
The Wolf Road by Richard Lambert
Rat by Patrice Lawrence
Grow by Luke Palmer
The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
2021
Winner
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds

Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award Winner
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

Shortlist
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson illustrated by Kathrin Honesta
The Girl Who Became A Tree by Joseph Coelho illustrated by Kate Milner
On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

​Longlist
The Space We’re In by Katya Balen illustrated by Laura Carlin
The Short Knife by Elen Caldecott
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
PET by Akwaeke Emezi
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
And the Stars were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando
In The Key Of Code by Aimee Lucido
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Burn by Patrick Ness
After The War by Tom Palmer
Somebody Give This Heart A Pen by Sophia Thakur
2020
​Winner
Lark by Anthony McGowan
 
Shortlist
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus & Julian Sedgwick illustrated by Alexis Deacon
The Black Flamingo​ by Dean Atta
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Lampie by Annet Schaap
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick

Longlist
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
Toffee by Sarah Crossan
Becoming Dinah by Kit de Waal
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Monsters by Sharon Dogar
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay
No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla
Paper Avalanche by Lisa Williamson
2019
Winner
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
 
Shortlist
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson illustrated by Elisa Paganelli Melissa Castrillon
Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders

Longlist
The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love
My Side of the Diamond by Sally Gardner
A Different Boy by Paul Jennings illustrated by Geoff Kelly
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane illustrated by Jackie Morris
Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales by Hilary McKay illustrated by Sarah Gibb
The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily XR Pan
The Boy At The Back of The Class by Onjali Q Rauf
Station Zero by Philip Reeve
Mud by Emily Thomas
2018
Winner
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
Shortlist
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
After the Fire by Will Hill
Rook by Anthony McGowan
Release by Patrick Ness
Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

Longlist
The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond illustrated by Alex T Smith
The Hypnotist by Laurence Anholt
Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho illustrated by Kate Milner
The Song from Somewhere Else by AF Harrold illustrated by Levi Pinfold
Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
Out of Heart by Irfan Master
A Berlin Love Song by Sarah Matthias
The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Call by Peadar O'Guilin
Black Light Express by Philip Reeve
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell illustrated by Hannah Horn
Encounters by Jason Wallace
2017
Winner
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
 
Shortlist
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard
Beck by Mal Peet & Meg Rosoff
Railhead by Philip Reeve
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

Longlist
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot by Horatio Clare
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss
Whisper to Me by Nick Lake
Beetle Boy by MG Leonard
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D Schmidt
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Island by Nicky Singer
Dreaming the Bear by Mimi Thebo
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
2016
Winner
One by Sarah Crossan
 
Shortlist
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine

Longlist
Book by John Agard
A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond
The Earth is Singing by Vanessa Curtis
The Door That Led To Where by Sally Gardner
The Imaginary by AF Harrold illustrated by Emily Gravett
We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
Jessica's Ghost by Andrew Norriss
Panther by David Owen
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
Thirteen Chairs by Dave Shelton
My Name’s Not Friday by Jon Walter
Liccle Bit by Alex Wheatle
2015
Winner
Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman
 
Shortlist
When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
Tinder by Sally Gardner illustrated by David Roberts
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird
The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughrean
More Than This by Patrick Ness
2014
Winner
The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
 
Shortlist
All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry
The Child's Elephant by Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper
Blood Family by Anne Fine
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
The Wall by William Sutcliffe
2013
Winner
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
 
Shortlist
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Wonder by RJ Palacio
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Rhymes by Dave Shelton
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
2012
Winner
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness & Siobhan Dowd illustrated by Jim Kay
 
Shortlist
My Name is Mina by David Almond
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis
Trash by Andy Mulligan
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
2011
Winner
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
 
Shortlist
Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff
White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick
Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
2010
Winner
A Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman illustrated by Chris Riddell & Dave McKean
 
Shortlist
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn
The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking, Book Two by Patrick Ness
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
2009
Winner
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
 
Shortlist
Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks
Airman by Eoin Colfer
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
2008
Winner
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
 
Shortlist
Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Ruby Red by Linzi Glass
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
Apache: Girl Warrior by Tanya Landman
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
2007
Winner
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
 
Shortlist
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
Beast by Ally Kennen
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
2005
Winner
Tamar by Mal Peet
 
Shortlist
Clay by David Almond
Framed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Turbulence by Jan Mark
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
2004
Winner
Millions by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
 
Shortlist
Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
The Scarecrow and his Servant by Philip Pullman
2003
Winner
A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly
 
Shortlist
The Fire-Eaters by David Almond
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Sisterland by Linda Newbery
2002
Winner
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
 
Shortlist
Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks
Up on Cloud Nine by Anne Fine
The Edge by Alan Gibbons
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
The Shell House by Linda Newbery
The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick
2001
Winner
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
 
Highly Commended
Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
Commended
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
 
Shortlist
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Jake's Tower by Elizabeth Laird
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
True Believer by Virginia Wolff
2000
Winner
The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo
 
Highly Commended
Troy by Adele Geras
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
 
Commended
The Ghost Behind the Wall by Melvin Burgess
 
Shortlist
Heaven Eyes by David Almond
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
Shadow of the Minotaur by Alan Gibbons
1999
Winner
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
 
Shortlist
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
Little Soldier by Bernard Ashley
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Tightrope by Gillian Cross
The Rinaldi Ring by Jenny Nimmo
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by JK Rowling
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt
1998
Winner
Skellig by David Almond
 
Shortlist
Heroes by Robert Cormier
The Kin by Peter Dickinson
Fly, Cherokee, Fly by Chris d'Lacey
The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price
1997
Winner
River Boy by Tim Bowler
 
Highly Commended
Fire, Bed and Bone by Henrietta Branford
 
Commended
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
 
Shortlist
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
Forever X by Geraldine McCaughrean
Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley
Meet me by the Steel Men by Theresa Tomlinson
1996
Winner
Junk by Melvin Burgess
 
Highly Commended
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
 
Commended
Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett
 
Shortlist
Weirdo's War by Michael Coleman
Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird
Clockwork or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman illustrated by Peter Bailey
Love in Cyberia by Chloe Rayban
Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt
1995
Winner
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman
 
Highly Commended
Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt
 
Commended
Raider by Susan Gates
 
Shortlist
Granny the Pag by Nina Bawden
In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier
The Bronte Girls by Garry Kilworth
The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo
Thomas and the Tinners by Jill Paton Walsh
1994
Winner
Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin
 
Highly Commended
Willa and Old Miss Annie by Berlie Doherty
Maphead by Lesley Howarth
 
Shortlist
Broken Bridge by Lynne Reid Banks
Arthur, High King of Britain by Michael Morpurgo
Griffin's Castle by Jenny Nimmo
A Time of Fire by Robert Westall
The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
1993
Winner
Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
 
Highly Commended
The Baby and Fly Pie by Melvin Burgess
The Stone Mouse by Jenny Nimmo
1992
Winner
Flour Babies by Anne Fine
 
Highly Commended
Gulf by Robert Westall
1991
Winner
Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty
 
Highly Commended
The Story Of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson illustrated by Nick Sharratt
1990
Winner
Wolf by Gillian Cross
 
Highly Commended
The Cry of the Wolf by Melvin Burgess
The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall
1989
Winner
Goggle-eyes by Anne Fine
 
Highly Commended
Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine illustrated by Philippe Dupasquier
The Charlie Barber Treatment by Carole Lloyd
1988
Winner
A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
Highly Commended
A Map of Nowhere by Gillian Cross
Eva by Peter Dickinson
Red Sky in the Morning by Elizabeth Laird
1987
Winner
The Ghost Drum by Susan Price
 
Highly Commended
Memory by Margaret Mahy
1986
Winner
Granny was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty
 
Highly Commended
Isaac Campion by Janni Howker
1985
Winner
Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland
 
Highly Commended
The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker
1984
Winner
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
 
Highly Commended
Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells
1983
Winner
Handles by Jan Mark
 
Highly Commended
Talking in Whispers by James Watson
1982
Winner
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
 
Highly Commended
The Dark Behind the Curtain by Gillian Cross
1981
Winner
The Scarecrows by Robert Westall
 
Highly Commended
The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam
1980
Winner
City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament by Peter Dickinson illustrated by Michael Foreman
 
Highly Commended
Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark
1979
Winner
Tulku by Peter Dickinson
 
Highly Commended
The Castle Story by Sheila Sancha
1978
Winner
The Exeter Blitz by David Rees
1977
Winner
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp
1976
Winner
Thunder and Lightnings by Jan Mark
1975
Winner
The Machine-Gunners by Robert Westall
1974
Winner
The Stronghold by Mollie Hunter
 
Highly Commended
The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1863 by Ian Ribbons
1973
Winner
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
1972
Winner
Watership Down by Richard Adams
1971
Winner
Josh by Ivan Southall
1970
Winner
The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield illustrated by Charles Keeping
1969
Winner
The Edge of the Cloud by Kathleen Peyton
1968
Winner
The Moon in the Cloud by Rosemary Harris
1967
Winner
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
 
Highly Commended
The Dream Time by Henry Treece
1966
Highly Commended
The Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, 1066 by Norman Denny & Josephine Filmer-Sankey
1965
Winner
The Grange at High Force by Philip Turner
1964
Winner
Nordy Bank by Sheena Porter
1963
Winner
Time of Trial by Hester Burton illustrated by Victor Ambrus
1962
Winner
The Twelve and the Genii by Pauline Clarke
1961
Winner
A Stranger at Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston
1960
Winner
The Making of Man by Dr IW Cornwall
1959
Winner
The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
1958
Winner
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
1957
Winner
A Grass Rope by William Mayne
1956
Winner
The Last Battle by CS Lewis
1955
Winner
The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon
1954
Winner
Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch (Ronald Oliver Felton)
 
Highly Commended
Lavender's Blue by Kathleen Lines illustrated by Harold Jones
1953
Winner
A Valley Grows Up by Edward Osmond
1952
Winner
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
1951
Winner
The Woolpack by Cynthia Harnett
1950
Winner
The Lark on the Wing by Elfrida Vipont Foulds
1949
Winner
The Story of Your Home by Agnes Allen
1948
Winner
Sea Change by Richard Armstrong
1947
Winner
Collected Stories for Children by Walter de la Mare
1946
Winner
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
1944
Winner
The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater
1942
Winner
The Little Grey Men by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford)
1941
Winner
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah by Mary Treadgold
1940
Winner
Visitors from London by Kitty Barne
1939
Winner
Radium Woman by Eleanor Doorly
1938
Winner
The Circus is Coming by Noel Streatfield
1937
Winner
The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett
1936
Winner
Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome
 
Commended
Sampson's Circus by Howard Spring
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
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