On the one hand are the nominations for best book by the CBCA - Children's Book Council of Australia. These are chosen by a panel of adults. This year the books nominated for children around 10-12 years old are;
- Violet Mackerel's possible friend - Anna Branford
- Song for a scarlet runner - Julie Hunt
- City of orphans - Catherine Jinks
- My Life as an alphabet - Barry Jonsberg
- Light Horse Boy - Dianne Wolfer
Check out the full list here
On the other hand are the books nominated for the YABBA awards - Young Australians Best Book Awards Council awards. These are chosen by children from across Victoria, NSW, ACT and NT. This year's nominations are;
- Brotherband - John Flanagan
- Eric Vale, Epic Fail - Michael Gerard Bauer
- Pookie Aleera is not my boyfriend - Stevens Herricks
- Specky Magee and the best of Oz - Felice Arena
- The Ivory Rose - Belinda Murrell
- Con-Nerd - Oliver Phommavanh
- My life and other stuff I made up - Tristan Bancks
- Rangers Apprentice: The Royal Ranger - John Flanagan
- The 39th story treehouse - Andy Griffiths
- WeirDo - Anh Do
Check out the full list here
Which list do you prefer?
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