Book Group

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.

  1. A prize for the most books read from the nominations list
  2. A prize for predicting which 8 books will make the final shortlist
  3. 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?

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