The 2013 shortlist for the Carnegie medal...

...has been released. 

The contenders are:

• The Weight of Water, by Sarah Crossan

• A Greyhound of a Girl, by Roddy Doyle

• Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardner

• In Darkness, by Nick Lake

• Wonder, by R.J. Palacio

• Midwinterblood, by Marcus Sedgwick

• A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, by Dave Shelton

• Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein

I've read two (the Wein and the Doyle), but apparently I never got around to writing about the Doyle? Weird. A lot of these are on my TBR list, but especially the Gardner and the Sedgwick. You? Recommendations?

Comments

[jmfausti]

I read Wonder and really loved it. Code Name Verity is currently on my TBR list.

[Brooke Shirts]

I just started In Darkness, and am on the verge of tears with every page. Whoa, Haiti.

[Hope]

I thought Greyhound of a Girl was thin.

[Leila]

@jmfausti: I have a copy of Wonder to read (hopefully) this weekend.

@Brooke: SCARY! It's on my list, of course, but thanks for the warning.

@Hope: I agree. There's a fine line between 'spare' and 'thin', and I think the Doyle book was more on the 'thin' side. I remember loving some of the dialogue, though.