The Carnegie Medal longlist 2018

Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

Crow has lived her whole life on a tiny, starkly beautiful island. Her only companions are Osh, the man who rescued her from a washed-up skiff as a baby and…

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Encounters

Jason Wallace

Inspired by true accounts, this is the long-awaited new novel from Costa-award-winner Jason Wallace. A group of children claim they’ve witnessed an alien landing. Is it just mass hysteria? Or…

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The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century.

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Saint Death

Marcus Sedgwick

A potent, powerful and timely thriller about migrants, drug lords and gang warfare set on the US/Mexican border by prize-winning novelist, Marcus Sedgwick.

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Black Light Express

Philip Reeve

There was nothing, and then there was a train. A train with two passengers: a petty thief from a dead-end town, and an android girl who could be more human…

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The Call

Peadar O'Guilin

Every teenager in Ireland is training to survive The Call. Not all of them will make it. This is their story.

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Rook

Anthony McGowan

A poignant, beautifully written novella about growing up and family. A companion piece to the successful Brock and Pike.

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Where the World Ends

Geraldine McCaughrean,Geraldine McCaughrean

Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing but…

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Out of Heart

Irfan Master

Donating your heart is the most precious gift of all.Adam is a teenage boy who lives with his mum and younger sister. Adam feels the weight of the world upon…

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Welcome to Nowhere

Elizabeth Laird

Forced to flee his home in Syria, a young boy and his family face the dangers of civil war.

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The Song from Somewhere Else

A.F. Harrold

Saved from bullies by the class misfit Nick, Frank’s drawn to Nick’s house by strange music, discovers he has incredible secrets that bring danger, and decides to help him as…

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The Island at the End of Everything

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Ami lives on Culion, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy. She loves her home - but then islanders untouched by sickness are forced to…

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Overheard in a Tower Block

Joseph Coelho

Award-winning poet Joseph Coelho’s astonishing new collection is a powerful and moving poetic narrative about growing up in the city.

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The Hypnotist

Laurence Anholt

WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION’S YOUNG QUILLS AWARD 2017Jack has left his native Ireland and is making a new life as Professor of Neurology at a university in the American…

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The Tale of Angelino Brown

David Almond

A warm and witty tale from a master storyteller, author of Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig and internationally bestseller The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

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The Carnegie Medal longlist 2018

Beyond the Bright Sea

Encounters

The Hate U Give

Saint Death

Black Light Express

The Call

Rook

Where the World Ends

Out of Heart

Welcome to Nowhere

The Song from Somewhere Else

The Island at the End of Everything

Overheard in a Tower Block

The Hypnotist

The Tale of Angelino Brown