Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing
Away With Words – Sophie Cameron Moving from Spain to a remote part of Scotland with her dad and stepdad, struggling with a new language and with homesickness, Gala becomes friends with Natalie, a girl with selective mutism. The friends collect words and create poems but their idea is hijacked and used to cause pain and division. Little Tiger 9781788953924
Safiyyah’s War – Hiba Noor Khan The Nazi occupation of Paris sees the lives of Safiyyah, her family and friends change forever. Shining a light on the role the Great Mosque in Paris in helping the Jewish community it follows Safiyyah and whether she can summon the courage to enter the catacombs beneath Paris and lead the Jews to safety in this daring, exciting and genuinely tense read. Andersen Press 9781839133138
Choose Love – Nicola Davies A cycle of poems about the realities people face when they are forced to leave everything they know behind. The essence of the stories come from true accounts of refugees and the aid workers who help them. Split across three parts: departure, arrival and healing, the poems correspond to the thoughts and emotions surrounding each section of a refugee’s journey. Graffeg 9781802583779
Steady for This – Nathanael Lessore Wannabe rapper Shaun, aka MC Growls, takes part in a live-stream performance intended to platform him and his friends during an MC Battle. He is left humiliated after it goes viral for all the wrong reasons. There are hilariously awkward set pieces underpinned by deep themes around peer pressure, young carers and social inequality.
Bonnier Books UK 9781471413223 30 PEN&INC.
Crossing the Line – Tia Fisher Fourteen-year-old Erik is grieving for his father when his mum meets a new partner, becomes pregnant and is abandoned. Poverty and grief lead to decisions that lead him down a path from which he cannot easily escape. Measured and plausible, we witness Erik’s situation quickly spiral out of control in ways that are frighteningly believable. Bonnier Books UK 9781471413049
The Boy Lost in the Maze – Joseph Coelho
Theo is studying for his A-levels and trying to find his father. Theseus is the central character in an essay Theo is working upon and the Minotaur also wants to know his father. A labyrinthine story in verse with false paths and doubling backs, it concludes in a way that is at once beautiful and emotionally satisfying. A rites of passage novel told through poems. Otter-Barry Books 9781913074333
Spring-Summer 2024
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