YABBA Winners 2013!!

Yes, it's that time of the year when the YABBA awards are announced! YABBA stands for Young Australian Best Book Awards and is the children's choice book award in Victoria. These awards have been running for more than 25 years and seek to promote children reading Australian fiction. If you want to learn more, go to their new website at: yabba.org.au

The 2013 winners are...... (the envelope please...)

Fiction for year 7-9:
After by Morris Gleitzman
Have a look at our review of After here.

Fiction for Older Readers
The 26 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
(Wow! That's the second year in a row for these children's fiction superstars!)

Fiction for Younger Readers
The golden door by Emily Rodda
Have a look at our review here.

Picture Book
Pooka by Carol Chataway

Cue wild applause!!! Congratulations to all these fantastic authors.


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After by Morris Gleitzman

This is the fourth book about Felix, a Jewish boy struggling to survive in Nazi occupied Poland whose story has been told in Once,Then and Now.

After is set in 1945 as the war draws to an end. Felix has spent two years hiding in a pit dug into the floor of a barn, but circumstances beyond his control draw him out of hiding. He joins a band of Partisans, or resistance fighters, in the struggle to defeat the Nazis and free Poland.

Told with the simplicity of a child, this wonderful story is filled with warmth and humor, while confronting the reality of life and death during war. A book which will touch children and adults alike.

Caroline @ Kew

What now?

• Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
• Go to the catalogue and reserve it.
• Borrow it as an ebook.
• Review a book yourself.