Annal:1995 Carnegie Medal
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Results of the Carnegie Medal in the year 1995. This year refers to the publication date. The Medal was awarded the following year (1996).
For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
The Golden Compass: Book 1 of His Dark Materials
- 1996 Guardian Award winner
- 1995 Carnegie winner
- Score: 20.46
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford’s motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra’s greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust—found only in the vast Arctic expanse of the North—was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it.
Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from witches, gypsies, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle…
- 1995 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.45
Ten-year-old twins Ruby and Garnet try to deal with the big changes in their lives when their father starts dating and they face the possibility of being separated.
- 1995 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.45
An exciting mystery story about two girls who are working on a school project and discover that a boy went overboard on his first trip on the deep-sea trawler, "Arctic Raider". They decide to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death and what the connection is with the Iceman - the sinister captain of the boat.
