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Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended.
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Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877644
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Girls in Boys’ Cars Felicity Castagna
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760982980
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How to Repaint a Life Steven Herrick
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263156
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Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. Ages 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.
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A Glasshouse of Stars Shirley Marr
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899547
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Dragon Skin Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781460759608
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Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341465
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Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading.
Ages 0-6 years
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Jetty Jumping Andrea Rowe
ill. Hannah Sommerville Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760500658
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Walk of the Whales Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509026
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Amira’s Suitcase Vikki Conley
ill. Nicky Johnston New Frontier Publishing
ISBN: 9781922326133
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Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations.
Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
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Iceberg Jess Racklyeft
text. Claire Saxby Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047
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Stellarphant James Foley
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990732
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Just One Bee Christopher Nielsen
text. Margrete Lamond & Anthony Bertini Dirt Lane Press
ISBN: 9780648023890
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Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style.
Ages 0-18 years
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Still Alive, Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System Safdar Ahmed
Twelve Panels Press
ISBN: 9780980593730
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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420046
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Heroes, Rebels and Innovators Karen Wyld
ill. Jaelyn Biumaiwai Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419835
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This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children’s book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.
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The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name Michelle Pereira
text. Sandhya Parappukkaran Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509361
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