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Better Reading's Top 50 Kids' Books (as voted by Australians) has been revealed. Newcomer Runt by Craig Silvey has snagged the top spot, with other new books such as The Isle of the Gods by Annie Kaufman and We Could be Something by Will Kostakis jumping in the list. Familiar favourites like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni and Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden can be found as well. Click the image for the full list.
The 2023 winners of the CBCA Book of the Year was Neverlanders by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva in the Older Readers category with Runt by Craig Silvey winning the Younger Readers category.
Notables were Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James, The Other Side of Tomorrow by Hayley Lawrence, The Raven's Song by Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble, and Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin. You can see what other books made the shortlist and the judges' comments here. Borrow any of these from the library today!
The Sun Project: Shadow Judging is where young people, from children to teens, take the CBCA shortlist, judge them based on the official criteria, and pick their own winners for Book of the Year. For 2023, the shadow judges chose: Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James for the Older Readers category and August & Jones by Pip Harry for the Younger Readers category as their Book of the Year winners. Both are available to borrow from the library today!
Tristan Bancks, a favourite author of St Peter's, has just released his new book Scar Town. Click the cover to read the first two chapters.
You can borrow Scar Town from the library today. Or check out Bancks' other books, such as Two Wolves and Cop & Robber for some other great reads.
Kaldoras has just arrived at the Langer Library. The book is the epilogue to Lynette Noni's popular The Medoran Chronicles. Borrow it from the library today!
Better Reading Top 100 Books of 2023 list has arrived! Click on the image to pull up the full list.
Every year Aussies vote on their top 100 books to read. This list has a mixture of many genres, and many of these books can be found in the library. This year includes books such as Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Is your favourite on here?
Sword CatcherKel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword-Catcher – the body-double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community who possess magical abilities. After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they want most; but as they descend into his world, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the highest tower of its palaces.
The Greatest Thing
by Sarah Winifred Searle
Congratulations to Sarah for winning the Young Adult Book award in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2023! Borrow from the library today!
(Click the cover to find out more)
Craig Silvey, author of award-winning novels 'Jasper Jones' and 'Honeybee', talks about his career as a writer and developing 'Runt'. Borrow his books from the library now!
