The UK’s Carnegie Medals for children’s books announced their shortlists, with the winners to be named on June 21:
Writing
The Light in Everything, by Katya Balen (Bloomsbury Children’s)
When Shadows Fall, by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Natalie Sirett (Little Tiger)
Medusa, by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart, by Louise Finch (Little Island)
Needle, by Patrice Lawrence (Barrington Stoke)
I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys (Hodder Children’s)
The Blue Book of Nebo, by Manon Steffan Ros (Firefly Press)
Illustration
Rescuing Titanic, illustrated and written by Flora Delargy (Wide Eyed Editions)
Alte Zachen, by Benjamin Phillips, written by Ziggy Hanaor (Cicada)
The Worlds We Leave Behind, illustrated by Levi Pinfold, written by A. F. Harrold (Bloomsbury Children’s)
The Visible Sounds, illustrated by Yu Rong, written by Yin Jianling (UCLan Publishing)
The Comet, illustrated and written by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye)
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear, illustrated by Jeet Zdung, written by Trang Nguyen (Kingfisher)
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