Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)
Edition 72 (2007)
Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language
Winners
1 peopleA YA novel that uses emergency preparedness to explore love, death, and the fear of the future with great delicacy. Beneath the light humor, it quietly asks how to accept life itself.
A boy who prepares for everything begins to think about the shape of the future.
272 pages
YAlossfamilylovelife lessons