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Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)

Edition 49 (1984)

Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language

Winners

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Margaret Mahy まーがれっと・まひー Winner

A story about a girl who enters the supernatural to save her brother. Growth, romance, and fear overlap while the novel keeps a quiet tension.

Magic that sits just beside ordinary life forces a choice.

220 pages
young adultmagiccoming of agefamilyromance