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Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)

Edition 80 (2015)

Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language

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Tanya Landman たにや・らんどまん Winner

Set 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