Which C.S. Lewis novel won the Carnegie Medal for outstanding children’s writing in 1957?

The Last Battle won the Carnegie Medal for outstanding children’s writing in 1957.

The Last Battle is the seventh and final published novel in The Chronicles of Narnia. It appeared in 1956 and received the Carnegie Medal in 1957. The story depicts the end of Narnia and includes the ape Shift, the donkey Puzzle, and the false Aslan used in their deception.

The Carnegie Medal is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the United Kingdom. Lewis’s win recognized the book’s place in children’s literature, even though the novel’s apocalyptic themes and ending have prompted considerable discussion among readers.

A frequent mix-up is the order of publication and the internal chronology of the Narnia books. The Last Battle is both the final published volume and the final story in the commonly used chronological reading order. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader won the Carnegie Medal earlier, in 1952.