Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2010 Young Adult Fiction Shortlist
The Museum Of Mary Child
$17.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Heloise lives with her godmother in an isolated cottage. Next door is a sinister museum dedicated to the memory of Mary Child. Visitors enter it with a smile and depart with fear in their eyes. One day, Heloise finds a d... Buy or find out more →
Beatle Meets Destiny
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Imagine your name is John Lennon, only everyone calls you Beatle.
And then you meet your Dream girl and her name is Destiny McCartney.
But what if you're already with the perfect girl?
A novel about change, chance and ev... Buy or find out more →
Swerve
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Hugh is 16. He loves cello, he's a closet car fanatic, and he has no luck with girls. When his grandfather, Poppy, asks him to go on one last road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HG Monaro GTS 350 V8, Hugh decides, for ... Buy or find out more →
Jarvis 24
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Winner of the 2010 CBCA Book of the Year award for Older Readers.
So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend. But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Experience... Buy or find out more →
The Winds Of Heaven
$22.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
When Fan was little she dreamed of magical countries in the far away blue hills. As she grew up she dreamed of love, and the boys came after her one by one by one.
Clementine thought her cousin Fan's house in the country... Buy or find out more →
Stolen
$17.99 – Paperback book / Chicken House
Winner of the 2010 Gold Inky Award.
A 2011 Printz Honor Book.
Told in a moving letter to her captor, sixteen-year-old Gemma relives her kidnapping from Bangkok airport while on holiday. Taken by Ty, her troubled young st... Buy or find out more →
Confessions Of A Liar, Thief And Failed Sex God
$18.95 – Paperback book / Woolshed Press
I have this annoying problem that gives me a lot of trouble: a conscience.
Neil Bridges attends a Catholic boys’ school in which teachers rule with iron fists and thick leather straps. Some crumble under the pressure but... Buy or find out more →