Annal:1997 Carnegie Medal
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Results of the Carnegie Medal in the year 1997. This year refers to the publication date. The Medal was awarded the following year (1998).
For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1997 Carnegie winner
- Score: 10.47
Grandpa is dying. He can barely move his hands any more but, stubborn as ever, refuses to stay in hospital. He's determined to finish his last painting, 'River Boy', before he goes. At first Jess can't understand his refusal to let go, but then she too becomes involved in the mysterious painting. And when she meets the river boy himself, she finds she is suddenly caught up in a challenge of her own that she must complete - before it's too late.
- 1998 Guardian Award winner
- 1997 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 16.48
In 1381 in England, a hunting dog recounts what happens to his beloved master Rufus and his family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of the peasants' rebellion led by Wat Tyler and the preacher John Ball.
- 1997 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.47
When their car breaks down, the Shepherd family have to stay in a hotel called Forever Xmas. Here they celebrate Christmas every day of the year, complete with Christmas dinner, Santa Claus, and Christmas presents. Complications arrive when Mr Angel lands up in a tree, when the police arrive looking for the Starrs, and when Santa Claus escapes in a bus.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Book 1 of Harry Potter
- 1999 Mythopoeic-Children finalist
- 1997 Carnegie shortlist
- 2001 YRCA-Junior nominee
- Score: 16.49
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He’s never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry’s room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn’t had a birthday party in eleven years.
But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only…
- 1997 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.47
Stevie and Jenny get involved in an exciting journey in time in Meet Me by the Steelmen, when they find something strange about the three great steel statues in Sheffield's Meadowhall Shopping Centre.
- 1997 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.47
Cameron needs a heart transplant, and when a pioneering doctor offers to give him a new heart, from a pig, Cameron knows he has to try – to become the world’s first pig-heart boy.
- 1997 Carnegie shortlist
- Score: 6.47
Bailey has just arrived in the neighbourhood when he receives a mysterious invitation to join an even more mysterious club. The Scribbleboy Fan Club has only one member, Ziggy Fuzz, but it has a vital mission - to spread the word about Scribbleboy and his amazing scribbles.
