Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards > 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards > Shortlists 2022 > 2022 CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers Shortlist
Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim
$16.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
What I feel most days is that nothing is ever going to change. That my life won't even start, and that I'll be stuck like this forever. Wen Zhou is the daughter and only child of Chinese immigrants whose move to the lucky country has proven to be not so lucky. Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao - whose mum ...Show more
Girls in Boys' Cars by Felicity Castagna
$18.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
Rosa was never really trying to kill anyone, no matter what they said in court. But she's ended up in juvenile jail anyway, living her life through books and wondering why her best mate Asheeka disappeared. A page-turning novel about a complicated friendship; a road trip through NSW in a stolen car; the ...Show more
How to Repaint a Life (CBCA Honours 2022) by Steven Herrick
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
A powerful prose novel from one of Australia's most awarded authors.Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town. He doesn't plan on sticking around and has nowhere to stay, but a local cafe owner's kindness offers him a chance to change his story. Then Isaac meets Sophie ...Show more
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
From the award-winning author of the CBCA shortlisted When the Ground is Hard, comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and an uplifting story of how friendship saves and heals. Fifteen-year-old Amandla's mother has always been strange. For starters, she's a white woman living in Sugar Town, one of ...Show more
Terciel and Elinor (Old Kingdom Prequel) by Garth Nix
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+) | Series: Old Kingdom
Bestselling novelist Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, and the charter magic that brought them together - and threatened to tear them apart. A long-awaited prequel to a classic fantasy series. In the Old Kingdom, a land o ...Show more
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the ci ...Show more
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