The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2008 has been announced:

 

Gatty’s Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Ruby Red by Linzi Alex Glass

Crusade by Elizabeth Laird

Apache by Tanya Landman

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve

What I Was by Meg Rosoff

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine (published in the U.S. as Me, the Missing and the Dead)

 

Remember, this is a British award, so some of the books aren’t released in the U.S. yet.

Has anyone got any favorites?  I haven’t read any of these!