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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS

This is the complete list of notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 1998. The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in The Notable Australian Children's Books 1998. Copies may be available.

Notable Books 1998 Older Readers

Armanno, Venero Illus. David Pearson	The Ghost of Love Street	Lothian Books (After Dark Series), 1997
Baillie, Alan [Short List]	The Last Shot	Omnibus Books (Shorts Series), 1997
Bernard, Patricia	The Outcast	HarperCollins (Moonstone Series), 1997
Broderick, Damien & Barnes, Rory	Zones	HarperCollins (Moonstone Series), 1997
Caswell, Brian & Chiem, David Phu An	Only the Heart	UQP (Young Adult Fiction), 1997
Carmody, Isobelle	Greylands	Penguin Books Australia (Puffin), 1997
Clark, Margaret	Care Factor Zero	Random House Australia (A Mark Macleod Book), 1997
Crew, Gary & O’Hara Michael	The Blue Feather	Mammoth Australia, 1997
Disher, Garry	The Apostle Bird	Hodder Children’s Books Australia (Signature), 1997
Dubosarsky, Ursula	Black Sails, White Sails	Penguin Books Australia (Viking), 1997
Fusillo, Archimedes	Sparring with Shadows	Penguin Australia (Young Adult Fiction), 1997
Hartnett, Sonya	Princes	Penguin Books Australia (Viking), 1997
Heffernan, John	Spud	Scholastic (Margaret Hamilton Books), 1997
Hilton, Nette	Hothouse Flowers	HarperCollins (Angus & Robertson), 1997
Horniman, Joanne	Loving Athena	Omnibus Books, 1997
Hyde, Michael (ed.)	The Girl who Married a Fly and Other Stories	Australian Association for the Teaching of English, 1997
Jinks, Catherine [Short List]	When You Wake and Find Me Gone	Penguin Books Australia, 2002
Klemm, Barry	The Tenth Hero	Addison Wesley Longman Australia (Rave Series), 1997
Lowry, Brigid [Short List]	Guitar Highway Rose	Allen & Unwin (Ark Fiction), 1997
Marsden, John	Burning for Revenge	Pan Macmillan Australia, 1997
Metzenthen, David	Finn and the Big Guy	Penguin Books Australia (Puffin Teenage Fiction), 1997
Metzenthen, David [Short List]	Gilbert’s Ghost Train	Scholastic Australia, 1997
Morgan, Damian	Pete	Scholastic Australia, 1997
Nix, Garth	Shade’s Children	Allen & Unwin (Ark Fiction), 1997
O’Brien, John	Half Life	Scholastic Australia, 1997
Pausacker, Jenny Illus. Rogers, Gregory	The Rings	Lothian (After Dark series), 1997
Pluss, Nicole	Beach Baby	Penguin Books Australia (Young Adult Fiction), 1997
Saliba, Sue	Watching Seagulls	Addison Wesley Longman Australia (Rave series), 1997
Stiller, Laurie Illus. Raglus, Jeff	Charlie Carver Stacks it!	Random House (A Mark Macleod Book), 1997
Tucker, Mark	A Life of My Own	Hodder Children’s Books Australia, 1997
Walters, Celeste	The Killing of Mud-Eye	University of Queensland Press (Young Adult Fiction), 1997
Winton, Tim Illus. Louise, Karen	Blueback	Pan Macmillan
Winton , Tim [Short List]	Lockie Leonard, Legend	Pan Macmillan, 1997
Zurbo, Matt [Short List]	Idiot Pride	Penguin Books Australia (Young Adult Fiction), 1997