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The Carnegie Medal 1954: Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch (J 1939: Radium Woman by Eleanor Doorly (J92 Welch) Doorly) The 1953: A Valley Grows Up by 1938: The Circus is Coming by Noel Streatfield Edward Osmond (N/A: out of print) (J Streatfield) 1937: The Family from One End Street by Eve Carnegie 1952: The Borrowers by Mary Garnett (on order) Norton (J Norton) 1936: Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome (J Ransome) 1951: Nicolas and the Wool-pack by Cynthia Medal Harnett (J Harnett) 1950: The Lark on the Wing by Elfrida Vipont Foulds (J Foulds) 1949: The Story of Your Home by Agnes Allen (N/A: out of print) 1948: Sea Change by Richard Armstrong (on order) 1947: Collected Stories for Children by Walter De La Mare (J De La Mare) 1946: The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (J Goudge) 1945: Prize withheld as no book considered suitable 1944: The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater (J Linklater) 1943: Prize withheld as no book considered suitable Named in honor of 1942: The Little Grey Men by 'BB' (D J Watkins- Andrew Carnegie, the Pitchford) (J Watkins-Pitchford) Medal is awarded each 1941: We Couldn't Leave Dinah by Mary Treadgold (on order) year to a worthy children’s book author. 1940: Visitors from London by Kitty Barne (on 114 Manning Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill order) 919-962-8361 2009: Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd (J Dowd) 1991: Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty 1972: Watership Down by Richard Adams (J (J Doherty) Adams) 1990: Wolf by Gillian Cross (J Cross) 1971: Josh by Ivan Southall (J Southall) 2008: Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (J Reeve) 1989: My War with Goggle-eyes by 1970: The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield Anne Fine (J Fine) & Edward Blishen (J292 Garfield) 1988: A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean (J 2007: Just in Case by Meg Rosoff (J Rosoff) McCaughrean) 1969: The Edge of the Cloud by 2005: Tamar by Mal Peet (J Peet) Kathleen Peyton (J Peyton) 1987: The Ghost Drum by Susan Price (J Price) 2004: Millions by Frank Boyce Cottrell (J Cottrell) 1986: Granny was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty 1968: The Moon in the Cloud by Rosemary (J Doherty) Harris (J Harris) 2003: A Northern Light by Jennifer 1985: Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland (J Crossley- 1967: The Owl Service by Alan Garner (J Garner) Donnelly (J Donnelly) Holland) 1966: Prize withheld as no book considered suitable 1984: The Changeover by Margaret Mahy (J Mahy) 1965: The Grange at High Force by Philip Turner 2002: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (J Creech) 1983: Handles by Jan Mark (J Mark) (J Turner) 2001: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated 1982: The Haunting by Margaret Mahy (J Mahy) 1964: Nordy Bank by Sheena Porter (J Porter) Rodents by Terry Pratchett (J Pratchett) 1981: The Scarecrows by Robert Westall (J 1963: Time of Trial by Hester Burton (J Burton) 2000: The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Westall) Naidoo (J Naidoo) 1962: The Twelve and the Genii by Pauline 1980: City of Gold by Peter Dickinson (J221 Clarke (on order) 1999: Postcards From No Man's Land by Aidan Dickinson) Chambers (J Chambers) 1961: A Stranger at Green Knowe by Lucy M 1979: Tulku by Peter Dickinson (J Dickinson) Boston (J Boston) 1998: Skellig by David Almond (J Almond) 1978: The Exeter Blitz by David Rees (J Rees) 1960: The Making of Man by Dr I. W. Cornwall 1997: River Boy by Tim Bowler (J Bowler) 1977: The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by (N/A: out of print) 1996: Junk by Melvin Burgess (J Burgess) Gene Kemp (on order) 1995: Northern Lights (title changed to: Golden 1959: The Lantern Bearers by Compass) by Philip Pullman (J Pullman) 1976: Thunder and Lightnings Rosemary Sutcliff (J Sutcliff) by Jan Mark (J Mark) 1994: Whispers in the Graveyard 1958: Tom's Midnight Garden by Philipa Pearce 1975: The Machine Gunners by (J Pearce) by Theresa Breslin (J Breslin) Robert Westall (J Westall) 1957: A Grass Rope by William Mayne (J Mayne) 1974: The Stronghold by Mollie Hunter (J Hunter) 1993: Stone Cold by Robert Swindells (J Swindells) 1956: The Last Battle by C S Lewis (J Lewis) 1973: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope 1992: Flour Babies by Anne Fine (J Fine) Lively (J Lively) 1955: The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon (J Farjeon) .
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