Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)
Edition 52 (1987)
Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language
Winners
1 peopleThe Ghost Drum follows a fairy tale of a girl trained by a witch to become a woman of power.
Power, folklore, and the dead meet in a mythic register.
176 pages
fantasyfolklorepowerRussian-inspired myth