The Variety Club Young People's Talking Book Award
Subcategory of 3M Talking Book of the Year Award
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1994

winner y separately published work icon Tomorrow, When the War Began When the War Began John Marsden , 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)

Year: 1993

winner (Book of the Year) y separately published work icon Looking for Alibrandi Melina Marchetta , Camberwell : 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)

Year: 1992

winner y separately published work icon Scatterlings Isobelle Carmody , Ringwood : Puffin , 1991 Z62310 1991 single work novel science fiction young adult

Year: 1991

winner y separately published work icon Al Capsella and the Watchdogs Judith Clarke , 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.

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