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2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist

Senior Reader

Let's Never Speak of This Again By Megan Williamscaptures some of the traditional hardships teens experience. The narrative follows the central character Abby, over a year as she navigates change and her own insecurities. Told in a modern diary-esque style, the novel explores the challenges of relationships and dealing with tragedy and loss. The themes of friendship and growing up are conveyed in a realistic and relatable manner through the character’s relationships; and family plays a central part of the story, exploring intergenerational connections and sibling dynamics. The use of humour to balance out some of the serious themes, makes it a compelling read with a lot of warmth that will resonate with a broad young adult readership.

Younger Reader

Inkflower 

By Suzy Zail

A gritty novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story.Lisa’s father has six months to live. He has a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz. A boy who lost everything and started again. A story he has kept hidden – until now.

Picture Storybook

Timeless

By Kellly Canby 

Emit (whose parents turned back time to name him) is surrounded by busyness. Dad is too busy to read stories, Mum is too busy to play games and Emit’s brother and sister are simply too busy doing nothing to do anything, at all. Emit tries everything he can think of to get more time, he tries to catch it, wait for it, but it’s not until Emit tries to buy some time that he learns the secret which is, if you want time, you have to make it.

Early Childhood

One Little Duck By Katrina Germein & Danny Snell in an irresistibly fresh, cute and clever picture book that pre-schoolers will love.

One little duck went out one day, over the hills and far away.Mother Duck said …‘Moo Moo Moo Moo,’and Cow said, ‘Wait! Now I’m coming too.’

Oh no, Mother Duck has forgotten how to quack!

Every day she tries a new barnyard call, and every night Little Duck returns with a new farm friend.

A fun twist on the song Five Little Ducks, this delightful story is destined to become a modern classic.

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Mrs Earl and Toni Cramp