Congratulations to Sally Gardner and Maggot Moon! As if winning the Costa children's book award and being longlisted for the Guardian children's fiction prize was not enough, she's now picked up the UK's most prestigious award for children's writing (since it was established in 1936 the CILIP Carnegie medal has been won by some of the greatest names in British children's literature, from Arthur Ransome to CS Lewis and Noel Streatfeild). Winning is "just unbelievable", said Gardner.

Maggot Moon is an unusual teen tale of a 15-year-old dyslexic boy living in a violent, dystopian 1950s England. Gardner herself is severely dyslexic but was not diagnosed until she was 12, having been sent to various schools, expelled by one and branded "unteachable" by the others. She is now a committed spokesperson for dyslexia, seeing it as a gift, not a disability, and Maggot Moon is dedicated to all those who didn't shine at school but "who will own tomorrow".

So, what did you think of it?

One reviewer, Lydia, thought that the plot was too confused to be convincing. SophieScribe disagreed, arguing that it appeals on "many levels" and is suitable for a wide age-range.

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Not read it yet? Try the first eight chapters.

Announced at the same time as the Carnegie medal is the Kate Greenaway medal, which was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. Past winners of the medal include Edward Ardizzone, Helen Oxenbury, John Burningham, Jan Pienkowski, Shirley Hughes, Quentin Blake and Lauren Child.

This year's winner was Levi Pinfold with Black Dog, his picture book about a little girl called Small Hope facing fear head-on in the form of a monstrous giant black dog. See some of his pictures from Black Dog in our gallery.