She was no stranger to the Carnegie Medal. She was promoted in the 1950s to adults as for children and juveniles (sic). Rosemary Sutcliff wrote for children of all ages, about people of all ages. Her notion of whether a book is for children or for young adults is based on a combination of the readership aimed at, and the age of the protagonists. The “short version” of her thesis is that “the Carnegie has definitely seen a massive swing in favour of YA (Young Adults) in the last decade”. She questions whether the award is moving away from children’s books. Rosemary Sutcliff was the proud recepient of the Carnegie Medal for 1959 for her Roman historical novel ( “I write for children aged 8 to 88”) The Lantern Bearers.Īn intriguing question is posed this year (2018) by Children’s Literature Lecturer Lucy Pearson about the focus of books awarded the Carnegie Medal.
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