Book Week Fun
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Early Childhood Category | Picture Book Category
Younger Readers Category | Eve Pownall Award
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Younger Readers Category
The Little Wave
By Pip Harry
When a city school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves.
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The Thing About Oliver
By Deborah Kelly
Twelve-year-old Tilly dreams of becoming a marine scientist but her brother Oliver is autistic and his needs come first so there is never time or money for Tilly to have swimming lessons.
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The Dog Runner
By Bren MacDibble
Ella and her brother Emery are alone in a city that’s starving to death. If they are going to survive, they must get away, upcountry, to find Emery’s mum.
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Catch a Falling Star
By Meg McKinlay
It’s 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world’s first space stations is tumbling to Earth.
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The Glimme
By Emily Rodda
Illustrated byMarc McBride
Lone Annie sees dragons, giants, fire, water and death. Finn’s life in the village of Witchant is hard. Only his drawings of the wild coastline make him happy.
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The Secrets of Magnolia Moon
By Edwina Wyatt
Illustrated by Katherine Quinn
Each chapter in this novel, which captures Magnolia’s year of being nine and ends on Chapter Almost 10, reveals a secret that Magnolia is keeping.
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