For the first time in 87 years of the Carnegie Medal, a translated book has won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing, the prize is the UK’s most prestigious award for younger readers.
Manon Steffan Ros’ book The Blue Book of Nebo has won the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing. Judges described Ros’s young adult novel, set in a post-apocalyptic Wales, as heartbreaking and rich with Welsh heritage.
Manon Steffan Ros said. “I used to see the word Carnegie on the cover of my favourite books when I was a child, so this means a great deal to me.”
Jeet Zdung won the Carnegie Medal for Illustration for Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Vietnamese wildlife conservationist Trang Nguyen. The book if a graphic novel featuring manga-inspired illustrations and watercolour scenes. It is based on a true story about a young woman working on her own to save a bear.
