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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards 2021 shortlists announced

The shortlists of the prestigious CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest and best-loved book awards for children and young people, were announced on Thursday 18th March 2021.

The Medals celebrate outstanding achievement in children’s writing and illustration respectively and are unique in being judged by librarians, with the Shadowers’ Choice Award voted for by children and young people. 16 titles have been shortlisted for the 2021 Medals (8 on each shortlist) selected from a total of 40 longlisted titles, read by an expert volunteer team of 15 librarians from across the UK.

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Carnegie Medal shortlist 2021

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These eight fantastic novels have been shortlisted for the 2021 Carnegie Medal.

Two sisters, who have only just learned of each other's existence, become friends when their father dies

An unusual young girl has to flee her home and finds her true family along the way.

Follows the home journey of four middle school friends as they walk back home after a day at school.

Based on an Irish legend, two teens fall in love against a backdrop of a blazing hot summer.

A girl tries to escape the opressively strict and abusive family life she experiences dominated by her alcoholic father.

A rich young American and a Spanish hotel maid meet and fall in love against the backdrop of Franco-dictated Spain in the 1950s.

A story told in poems about a young girl deeply affected by her father's death, who finds herself in a strange library and a dark forest as she grapples with her loss.

A young girl living in a remote mountain area must go on a journey to try and find a treatment for her father's accident.

Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist 2021

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Eight beautifully illustrated books shortlisted for the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal.

A girl considers how out of place she feels in the world around her, and the value of her quiet nature.

A creation story of how the stars were created.

Relayed through a child's eyes, a story illustrates how a mother struggles to manage to buy day-to-day necessities, and has to rely on a foodbank to feed them both.