Dear Student
Thank you for taking part in this year’s Book Group Carnegie Reading Challenge. The Yoto Carnegie Medal for writing is awarded to a book written in English for children and young people that creates an outstanding reading experience. There are 64 titles nominated as contenders to win this prestigious award. I would like to offer you the opportunity to take part in the following competitions.
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A prize for the most books read from the nominations list
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A prize for predicting which 8 books will make the final shortlist
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A prize for predicting the Medal winner
Happy Reading
Mrs Henry
Timetable
5th November 2024
2025 Nominations published
12th February 2025
2025 Longlist announcement
12th March 2025
2025 Shortlist announcement
March-June 2025
Shadowing group reading, reviews & activities
May 2025
Shadower's voting
19th June 2025
Medal and Shadower's Choice Award
Winners announced
Author |
Title |
Almond, David |
Puppet |
Badoe, Yaba |
Man-Man and The Tree of Memories |
Balen, Katya |
Little House |
Balen, Katya |
Foxlight |
Barba Higuera |
Alebrijes – Flight to a New Haven |
Baron, Adam |
Oscar’s Lion |
Bishop, Sylvia |
On Silver Tides |
Boucherat, Max |
The Last Life of Lori Mills |
Bourne, Holly |
You Could Be So Pretty |
Buffini, Moira |
Songlight |
Carroll, Emma |
The Houdini Inheritance |
Chisholm, Alastair |
I Am Wolf |
Comerford, Helen |
The Love Interest |
Conaghan, Brian |
Treacle Town |
Crossan, Sarah |
Where the Heart Should Be |
Dassu, A.M. |
Kicked Out: A Boy, Everywhere story |
Davies, Nicola |
The Star Whale |
Davies, Nicola |
Skrimsli |
Delahaye, Rachel |
Splinters |
Earle, Phil |
Northern Soul |
Egan, Leanne |
Lover Birds |
Egan, Michael |
Runner Hawk |
Fitzpatrick, Marie Louise |
Sisters of the Moon |
Furniss, Clare |
The Things We Leave Behind |
Gardner, Sally |
Pernickety Boo |
Goldewijk, Yorick |
Movies Showing Nowhere |
Goodfellow, Matt |
The Final Year |
Gray, Keith |
The List |
Hardinge, Frances |
Island of Whispers |
Hardy, Vashti |
North and the Only One |
Hickson-Lovence, A |
Wild East |
Jassat, Nadine Aisha |
The Hidden Story of Estie Noor |
Jawando, Danielle |
If My Words Had Wings |
Keats, Sharada |
These Stolen Lives |
Kenny, Pádraig |
Stitch |
Kessler, Liz |
Code Name Kingfisher |
Lessore, Nathanael |
King of Nothing |
McCaughrain, Kelly |
Little Bang |
McDonald, Margaret |
Glasgow Boys |
McNicoll, Elle |
Keedie |
Montgomery, Ross |
I Am Rebel |
Moore, C.G. |
Trigger |
Morani, Djamila |
The Djinn’s Apple |
Musariri, Blessing |
All That It Ever Meant |
Nadin, Joanna |
My Teeth in Your Heart |
Nathan, L.M |
The Virtue Season |
Nicholls, Sally |
Yours From the Tower |
Palmer, Luke |
Play |
Palmer, Tom |
Angel of Grasmere |
Parr, Lesley |
Fallout |
Percival, Tom |
The Wrong Shoes |
Quirke, Anna Zoe |
Something to be Proud Of |
Rauf, Onjali Q. |
The Letter with the Golden Stamp |
Rundell, Katherine |
Impossible Creatures |
Schaap, Annet |
Girls |
Schu, John |
Louder Than Hunger |
Sedgwick, Julian |
100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe |
Sorrel, O.R. |
Apocalypse Cow |
Steffan Ros, Manon |
Me and Aaron Ramsey |
Strange, Lucy |
The Island at the Edge of Night |
Sullivan, Deirdre |
Wise Creatures |
Traoré, Efua |
Sister Spirit |
Valentine, Jenny |
Us in the Before and After |
Wharton, Alex |
Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees |
Shortlist Competition
Please nominate the 8 titles you think will make the 2025 CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist
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And the winner is?