Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)
Edition 80 (2015)
Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language
Winners
1 peopleSet in 1910s Jamaica, this historical novel follows Alfred, a boy taken into a mounted regiment, as he comes of age. His search for a place within the realities of colonial rule gives the story its force.
In colonial Jamaica, a boy searches for where he belongs.
368 pages
historical novelcolonial rulecoming of ageJamaicawar