Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2022
winner (Schneider Family Book Awards) y
Future Girl
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2020
19844359
2020
single work
novel
young adult
science fiction
'Piper's mum wants her to be 'normal', to pass as hearing and get a good job. But when peak oil hits and Melbourne lurches towards environmental catastrophe, Piper has more important things to worry about, such as how to get food.
'When she meets Marley, a CODA (child of Deaf adult), a door opens into a new world - where Deafness is something to celebrate rather than hide, and where resilience is created through growing your own food rather than it being delivered on a truck.
'As she dives into learning Auslan, sign language that is exquisitely beautiful and expressive, Piper finds herself falling hard for Marley. But Marley, who has grown up in the Deaf community yet is not Deaf, is struggling to find his place in the hearing world. How can they be together?
'Future Girl is the art journal of sixteen-year-old Piper, a visual extravaganza of text, paint, collage and drawings, woven into a deeply engaging coming-of-age story set in near-future Melbourne.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2001
(Notable Children's Books) y
Max
Bob Graham
(illustrator),
London
:
Walker Books [London]
,
2000
Z669052
2000
single work
picture book
children's
Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird. (Libraries Australia)
(Best Books For Young Adults) y
Borrowed Light
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1999
Z934133
1999
single work
novel
young adult
Callisto May, a sixteen-year-old with a passion for astronomy, has grown up in a family traumatised by a secret, unresolved grief, until her own crisis finally precipitates an openess between her parents and their children. -- From Trove record.
(Best Books For Young Adults) y
Lirael : Daughter of the Clayr
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2001
Z816641
2001
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
"Dark forces are abroad once more in the Old Kingdom. Lirael, solitary daughter of the Clayr, and Sameth, the reluctant Abhorsen-in-Waiting, both seek the same man who may hold the key to an ancient evil stirring in the West.
But the Dead cannot be laid to rest until the strange secret linking the fate of Lirael and Sameth is revealed." (Source: Allen & Unwin)
(Best Books For Young Adults) y
Fighting Ruben Wolfe
Norwood
:
Omnibus Books
,
2000
Z820925
2000
single work
novel
young adult
Partly because of their family's poor finances and partly to prove themselves, brothers Ruben and Cameron take jobs as fighters and find themselves reacting very differently in the boxing ring. (Source: Trove)
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Year: 1998
winner (Best Book for Young Adults) y
Shade's Children
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1997
Z254014
1997
single work
novel
young adult
science fiction
In a savage postnuclear world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the Overlords with the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor.
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Year: 1997
(Honor Book) y
Sabriel
Sydney
:
HarperCollins Australia
,
1995
Z822173
1995
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
(taught in 2 units)
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
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Year: 1993
winner (Best Book for Young Adults) y
Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
South Yarra
:
McPhee Gribble
,
1990
Z362664
1990
single work
novel
young adult
humour
(taught in 6 units)
'Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, is in love. The human torpedo is barely settled into his new school, and already he's got a girl on his mind. And not just any girl: it has to be Vicki Streeton, the smartest, prettiest, richest girl in the class. What chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum's a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed and the teachers take an instant dislike to you and then you fall in love at twelve-and-three-quarter years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times ' (Publication summary)
