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History
The Young Australian Readers Awards were judges by children for their choice of Book of the Year. Children were able to review books and vote on the award website. Winners were announced on International School Libraries Day. (Glebe and Inner City News, 6 February, 2002 p. 25)
Notes
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The Young Australian Readers' Awards are the first national, online students choice awards in Australia (http://www.yara-online.org/).
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The award was running in 2005, but no 2005 winners are listed on the (now defunct) website.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2004
winner Deltora Quest 3 2003- series - author children's fiction children's fantasy -
Year: 2003
winner y
Diary of a Wombat
Bruce Whatley
(illustrator),
Pymble
:
Angus and Robertson
,
2002
Z989492
2002
single work
picture book
children's
She sleeps. She eats. She scratches. She is training humans to become better pets. She is Mothball, a wombat with attitude.
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Year: 2002
winner (Older Readers) y
Boy Overboard
Camberwell
:
Puffin
,
2002
Z976312
2002
single work
children's fiction
children's
(taught in 4 units)
'A story of adventure, ball control and hope.
Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup.
But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia?
Sometimes, to save the people you love, you have to go overboard'. (Source: publisher's website.)
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Year: 2001
winner y
The Day My Bum Went Psycho
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2001
Z893871
2001
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
(taught in 1 units)
Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story, the story of a boy and his crazy runaway bum; the story of a crack bum-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Bum Hunter and his formidable daughter, and some of the biggest, ugliest and meanest bums ever to roam the face of the Earth. This is a story of courage and endurance that takes Zack on a journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest and over the Sea of Bums before descending into the heart of an explosive bumcano to confront the biggest, ugliest and meanest bum of them all.
