Carnegie medal winner announced.

And the winner is... Phillip Reeve, for Here Lies Arthur.

Those of us in the States who've been wanting to read it for ages and ages and ages* will have to wait until November.  Because that's when it's coming out.  Unless, of course, you break down and order a copy from the UK. 

At this point, I'm seriously considering it.  I hate waiting**. 

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*What do you mean, bitter?  I'm not bitter, I SWEAR.

**And I've been waiting forever.  Of course, instead of complaining on and on, I could do something productive -- sit down and finally start reading that other Arthur book I've been meaning to get to...