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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS
The Children's Book Council of Australia

Notable Books 2004
Older Readers

This is the complete list of notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2003. The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in the 2004 Notables book. Some copies may still be available.

NOTE: These books are for mature readers

Blake, Bronwyn	Julia, My Sister	(Lothian YA Fiction) Lothian Books, 2003
Bowles, Colin	Nights in the Sun	Penguin Books Australia, 2003
Constable, Kate	The Waterless Sea (Chanters of Tremaris series; Book 2)	Allen & Unwin, 2003
D’Ath, Justin	Shaedow Master	Allen & Unwin, 2003
Dubosarsky, Ursula	Abyssinia	Viking, Penguin Books Australia, 2003
Ford, Adam	Man Bites Dog	Allen & Unwin, 2003
Gardner, Scot [Shortlist]	Burning Eddy	Pan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2003
Hill, Anthony Illus. Andrew McLean	The Shadow Dog	Viking, Penguin Books Australia, 2003
Hyde, Michael	Hey Joe	The Vulgar Press, 2003
Hyde, Michael and Kent, Val (eds)	Hunger and Other Stories	Australian Association for the Teaching of English, 2003
Marchetta, Melina [Shortlist]	Saving Francesca	Viking, Penguin Books Australia, 2003
Marsden, John	While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles)	Macmillan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2003
Metzenthen, David [Shortlist]	Boys of Blood & Bone	Penguin Books Australia, 2003
Moloney, James [Shortlist]	Black Taxi	Angus&Robertson, HarperCollinsPublishers Australia, 2003
Moriarty, Jaclyn	Finding Cassie Crazy	Pan, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2003
Murray, Kirsty	Bridie's Fire (Children of the Wind series; Book 1)	Allen & Unwin, 2003
Murray, Martine [Shortlist]	How to Make a Bird	Allen & Unwin, 2003
Nix, Garth [Shortlist]	Mister Monday (Keys to the Kingdom; Book 1)	Allen & Unwin, 2003
Norrington, Leonie	The Spirit of Barrumbi	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, 2003
Shillitoe, Tony	Caught in the Headlights	Angus&Robertson, HarperCollinsPublishers Australia, 2003
Walters, Celeste	The Glass Mountain	University of Queensland Press, 2003
Wild, Margaret	One Night	Allen & Unwin, 2003