Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)
Edition 45 (1980)
Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language
Winners
1 peopleCity of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament follows a set of Old Testament retellings that reshape familiar scripture as stories for young readers.
Ancient scripture is recast as living narrative.
188 pages
Old Testamentretellingmythic historyfaith