Annal:1993 Carnegie Medal
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Results of the Carnegie Medal in the year 1993. This year refers to the publication date. The Medal was awarded the following year (1994).
For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1993 Carnegie winner
- Score: 10.43
Winner of the 1994 Carnegie Medal. Link, 17 years old and driven from his parental home, has drifted to London, jobless and friendless. He meets Deb, a homeless girl, who gives him some meaning in life. He doesn't realize that Deb is a journalist hunting a serial killer who preys on the homeless.
- 1993 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.43
A group of street children, who survive on sorting through the rubbish on a tip for Mother Shelly, get involved in a baby kidnap. If they can return the baby and claim the reward they will be able to start a new life. But this story of dreams ends in disaster.
- 1993 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.43
Tod has no memories of his past. But he decides to escape his brutal present by leaving. A destination "over the hills and far away" slowly takes shape in his mind and from this point the reader is drawn into Tod's world, into an eventful journey and the painful recollections of a lost past.
- 1993 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.43
When Elly and her family come to look after aunt's house, she sees at once that Stone Mouse is special, but her brother Ted says he's just a dirty old pebble. But then Ted is angry with everyone and everything - and as Stone Mouse soon discovers, that means trouble.
