The longlist for the 2017 Carnegie Medal has been announced. The all-white list has drawn controversy and anger since not a single nominated author of color was included in the list. The award is 80 years old and authors are nominated by librarians in the UK.
Here is the longlist:
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot by Horatio Clare
Beck by Mal Peet with Meg Rosoff
Beetle Boy by MG Leonard
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Dreaming the Bear by Mimi Thebo
How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss
Island by Nicky Singer
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Railhead by Philip Reeve
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard
Time Traveling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
Whisper to Me by Nick Lake
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk