Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal (jidō bungaku shō)
Edition 89 (2024)
Children's literatureYoung adultEnglish-language
Winners
1 peopleThis verse novel braids the myth of Theseus with a modern boy’s search for his father. Myth, family, and ideas of masculinity intersect throughout.
Mythic labyrinths meet the confusion of a modern family.
320 pages
verse novelmythfather and soncoming of age