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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1994
winner y
Tomorrow, When the War Began
When the War Began
Chippendale
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
1993
Z796506
1993
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 1 units)
Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive. (Source: Trove)
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Year: 1993
winner (Book of the Year) y
Looking for Alibrandi
Camberwell
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Puffin
,
1992
Z88038
1992
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 4 units)
'Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen, illegitimate, and in her final year at a wealthy Catholic school. This is the year her father comes back into her life, the year she falls in love, the year she discovers the secrets of her family's past and the year she sets herself free.' (Source: Back Cover)
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Year: 1992
winner y
Scatterlings
Ringwood
:
Puffin
,
1991
Z62310
1991
single work
novel
science fiction
young adult
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Year: 1991
winner y
Al Capsella and the Watchdogs
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1990
Z893504
1990
single work
novel
humour
young adult
Whether goofing off with his friends or fleeing the unwanted attentions of a girl from school, fifteen-year-old Al suffers from constant surveillance by a growing horde of watchdog parents.
Works About this Award
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Foreword : Ton of Talent Signs Up for Writers' Fest 1992 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 July 1992; (p. 6)
