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Carnegie shortlist takes children back in time

Posted on 21/04/2008

The 1970s is as contemporary as it gets for the children's authors in contention for this year's Carnegie medal, the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book award.
The seven-strong shortlist for the medal spans a range of settings from King Arthur's Court to apartheid-era South Africa, taking in the Crusades and a decidedly un-swinging 1960s boarding school along the way.

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