Older Readers Notable Books 2012

This is the complete list of Older Readers notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2012.

The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in Notable Australian Children's Books 2012

Notable Books Categories:

Older Readers

Younger Readers

Early Childhood

Picture Books

Eve Pownall

Printer-friendly copy in PDF format: Older Readers Notables 2012

Note: These books are for mature readers.

Author	Title	Publisher
Bailey, Em	Shift	Hardie Grant Egmont
Bauer, Michael Gerard	Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Braxton-Smith, Ananda	Secrets of Carrick: Tantony	Black Dog Books
Burke, J C	Pig Boy	Woolshed Press, Random House Australia
Caro, Jane	Just a Girl	University of Queensland Press
Condon, Bill	A Straight Line to My Heart	Allen & Unwin
Dubosarsky, Ursula	The Golden Day	Allen & Unwin
Fitzpatrick, Deb	Have You Seen Ally Queen?	Fremantle Press
Gardiner, Kelly	Act of Faith	Angus Robertson, HarperCollins Publishers
Gardner, Scot	The Dead I Know	Allen & Unwin
Herrick, Steven	Black Painted Fingernails	Allen & Unwin
Jonsberg, Barry	Being Here	Allen & Unwin
Keighery, Chrissie	Whisper	Hardie Grant Egmont
Lawson, Sue	Pan’s Whisper	Black Dog Books, Walker Books
McGahan, Andrew	Ship Kings: The Coming of the Whirlpool	Allen & Unwin
Newton, Robert	When We Were Two	Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
Pryor, Michael	The Extinction Gambit: The Extraordinaires	Random House Australia
Russon, Penni	Only Ever Always	Allen & Unwin
Saliba, Sue	Alaska	Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
Wakefield, Vikki	All I Ever Wanted	The Text Publishing Company
Westerfeld, Scott Ill. Keith Thompson	Goliath	Viking, Penguin Group (Australia)
Wilkinson, Lili	A Pocketful of Eyes	Allen & Unwin

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