Seven enthusiastic Year 9’s have read the eight shortlisted Carnegie Award teenage fiction books over the last six weeks.

The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is awarded to an outstanding book for children and young adult readers. Nominated books must be written in English and should first have been published in the UK during the year before.

The pupils have posted their reviews and discussed which book they think should be the winner. A record of all of the reviews posted can be seen here. The quality of the discussions was the best yet. The group were encouraged and helped by English teachers, Mr Harris and Mrs Whithead, seen in the group picture. 

On 24th June, the result was announced. Our students had decided on Joint winners: Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book and Philip Reeve’s Fever Crumb. The National Panel chose Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book.

Deputy Headteacher, Mr Riches gave out the certificates and announced the winner. The books will now be placed in the Library/Resource centre where other students can read them.