Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards Shortlist for 2009 Announced
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Now in its seventy second year, the CILIP Carnegie Medal is the UK’s oldest and most prestigious award for children’s writing: the prize writers describe as ‘the one they want to win’. Although there is no cash reward, its prestige is rooted in the unique judging process which pools the professional expertise of librarians from across the country, who nominate titles for the long list.While subject to fashion as much as any awards -- and this year they've chosen seven 'rites of passage' novels that relate to 'the complicated business of growing up, particularly as experienced by teenage boys' -- the panel has, historically, managed to bypass marketing hype to identify and recognise books that stand the test of time..
The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2009
BOYCE, FRANK COTTRELL COSMIC
Macmillan (Age range: 8+) ISBN: 9781405054645
KEVIN BROOKS :: BLACK RABBIT SUMMER
Puffin (Age range: 14+) ISBN: 9780141381459
EOIN COLFER :: AIRMAN
Puffin (Age range: 9+) ISBN: 9780141383354
SIOBHAN DOWD :: BOG CHILD
David Fickling Books (Age range: 12+) ISBN: 9780385614269
KEITH GRAY :: OSTRICH BOYS
Definitions (Age range: 12+) ISBN: 9780099456575
PATRICK NESS :: THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO
Walker (Age range: 14+) ISBN: 9781406310252
KATE THOMPSON :: CREATURE OF THE NIGHT
Bodley Head (Age range: 14+) ISBN: 9780370329291
The Carnegie Medal and its sister award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, are awarded annually by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at BAFTA in central London on Thursday 25 June.
