The 2025 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing Nominations are:
100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe by Julian Sedgwick, Guppy Publishing
Alebrijes – Flight to a New Haven: an unforgettable journey of hope, courage and survival by Donna Barba Higuera, Piccadilly Press
All That It Ever Meant by Blessing Musariri, Zephyr
Angel of Grasmere: From Dunkirk to the Fells by Tom Palmer, Barrington Stoke
Apocalypse Cow by O.R. Sorrel, Guppy Publishing
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler, Simon & Schuster
The Djinn’s Apple by Djamila Morani, Neem Tree Press Limited
Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees by Alex Wharton, Firefly Press
Fallout by Lesley Parr, Bloomsbury Childrens Books
The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow, Otter-Barry Books
Foxlight: Winner of the Wainwright Children’s Prize 2024 by Katya Balen, Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Girls by Annet Schaap, Pushkin Children’s Books
Glasgow Boys: ‘Tenderness itself, a song to love and friendship.’ Andrew O’Hagan by Margaret McDonald, Faber & Faber
The Hidden Story of Estie Noor by Nadine Aisha Jassat, Orion Children’s Books
The Houdini Inheritance: A thrilling new historical adventure from the author of LETTERS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE by Emma Carroll, Faber & Faber
I Am Rebel: Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year by Ross Montgomery, Walker Books
I Am Wolf by Alastair Chisholm, Nosy Crow
If My Words Had Wings by Danielle Jawando, Simon & Schuster
Impossible Creatures: INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Katherine Rundell, Bloomsbury Childrens Books
The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange, Chicken House
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge, Two Hoots
Keedie by Elle McNicoll, Knights Of Media
Kicked Out: A Boy, Everywhere story by A. M. Dassu, Old Barn Books
King of Nothing: A hilarious and heartwarming teen comedy! by Nathanael Lessore, Hot Key Books
The Last Life of Lori Mills by Max Boucherat, HarperCollins
The Letter with the Golden Stamp by Onjali Q. Rauf, Orion Children’s Books
The List by Keith Gray, Barrington Stoke
Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain, Walker Books
Little House by Katya Balen, Barrington Stoke
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu, Walker Books
The Love Interest by Helen Comerford, Bloomsbury YA
Lover Birds by Leanne Egan, Harper Fire
Man-Man and the Tree of Memories by Yaba Badoe, Zephyr
Me and Aaron Ramsey by Manon Steffan Ros, Firefly Press
Movies Showing Nowhere by Yorick Goldewijk, Pushkin Children’s Books
My Teeth in Your Heart by Joanna Nadin, UCLan Publishing
North and the Only One by Vashti Hardy, Scholastic
Northern Soul by Phil Earle, Barrington Stoke
On Silver Tides by Sylvia Bishop, Andersen Press
Oscar’s Lion by Adam Baron, HarperCollins
Pernickety Boo by Sally Gardner, HarperCollins
Play by Luke Palmer, Firefly Press
Puppet by David Almond, Walker Books
Runner Hawk by Michael Egan, Everything with Words
Sister Spirit by Efua Traore, Zephyr
Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Faber & Faber
Skrimsli by Nicola Davies, Firefly Press
Something to be Proud Of by Anna Zoe Quirke, Little Tiger
Songlight: Meet your new dystopian obsession, the first book in the epic Torch Trilogy by Moira Buffini, Faber & Faber
Splinters by Rachel Delahaye, Troika Books
The Star Whale by Nicola Davies, Otter-Barry Books
Stitch by Padraig Kenny, Walker Books
The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss, Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Treacle Town by Brian Conaghan, Andersen Press
Trigger by CG Moore, Little Island
Us in the Before and After by Jenny Valentine, Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
The Virtue Season by L.M. Nathan, Scholastic
Where the Heart Should Be: The Times Children’s Book of the Week by Sarah Crossan, Bloomsbury YA
Wild East by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Penguin Books
Wise Creatures by Deirdre Sullivan, Hot Key Books
The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings by Tom Percival, Simon & Schuster
You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne, Usborne Publishing
Yours From the Tower by Sally Nicholls, Andersen Press
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Author: Various
