The 2014 Carnegie Medal shortlist...

...has been released, as has the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

The Carnegie contenders are:

All the Truth That's in Me, by Julie Berry

The Bunker Diary, by Kevin Brooks

The Child's Elephant, by Rachel Campbell-Johnston

Ghost Hawk, by Susan Cooper

Blood Family, by Anne Fine

Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell

Liar & Spy, by Rebecca Stead

The Wall, by William Sutcliffe

Click on through for more info, as well as for the Greenaway list.