Which C.S. Lewis work won the 1957 Carnegie Medal for children’s literature?

The Last Battle won the 1957 Carnegie Medal for children’s literature.

The Last Battle is the seventh and final published volume of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. It was published in 1956 and received the Carnegie Medal in 1957, an annual British award recognizing an outstanding book for children.

The novel depicts the destruction of Narnia and the transition to a new reality called “Aslan’s country.” Its plot includes the false Aslan created by an ape named Shift, political manipulation, and the final gathering of many major characters.

The Carnegie Medal result is sometimes confused with the publication order or with the series’ opening book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Lewis’s Narnia books are also frequently listed in chronological story order, but The Last Battle remains the final published volume and the Carnegie-winning title.