NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2016 finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced.
The finalists in each category are:
Young adult fiction
- Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo (Brian Falkner, Pan Macmillan)
- Being Magdalene (Fleur Beale, Random House)
- Hucking Cody (Aaron Topp, Mary Egan)
- Lullaby (Bernard Beckett, Text)
- Sylvie the Second (Kaeli Baker, Mākaro Press)
Junior fiction (Esther Glen Award)
- Enemy Camp (David Hill, Puffin)
- From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle (Kate De Goldi, Longacre)
- Lily Max: Satin, Scissors, Frock (Jane Bloomfield, Luncheon Sausage Books)
- The Bold Ship Phenomenal (Sarah Johnson, Flat Bed Press)
- The Girl Who Rode the Wind (Stacy Gregg, HarperCollins)
Nonfiction (Elsie Locke Award)
- ANZAC Heroes (Maria Gill, illus by Marco Ivancic, Scholastic)
- Changing Times: The Story of a New Zealand Town and Its Newspaper (Bob Kerr, Potton & Burton)
- See What I Can See (Gregory O’Brien, Auckland University Press)
- The Beginner’s Guide to Adventure Sport in New Zealand (Steve Gurney, Random House)
- Whose Beak is This? (Gillian Candler, illus by Fraser Williamson, Potton & Burton)
Picture book
- Allis the Little Tractor (Sophie Siers, illus by Helen Kerridge, Millwood-Heritage Productions)
- Finding Monkey Moon (Elizabeth Pulford, illus by Kate Wilkinson, Walker Books)
- Haka (Patricia Grace, illus by Andrew Burdan, Huia Publishers)
- The House on the Hill (Kyle Mewburn, illus by Sarah Davis, Scholastic)
- The Little Kiwi’s Matariki (Nikki Slade Robinson, Duck Creek Press)
Illustration (Russell Clark Award)
- Changing Times: The Story of a New Zealand Town and Its Newspaper (Bob Kerr, Potton & Burton)
- Finding Monkey Moon (Elizabeth Pulford, illus by Kate Wilkinson, Walker Books)
- Hush: A Kiwi Lullaby (Joy Cowley, illus by Andrew Burdan, trans by Ngaere Roberts, Scholastic)
- Much Ado about Shakespeare (Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press)
- The House on the Hill (Kyle Mewburn, illus by Sarah Davis, Scholastic)
Te reo Māori (Te Kura Pounamu Award)
- Tamanui te Kōkako Mōrehu o Taranaki (Rebecca Beyer & Linley Wellington, illus by Andrew Burdan, trans by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers)
- Te Hua Tuatahi a Kuwi (Kat Merewether, trans by Pānia Papa, Illustrated Publishing)
- Whiti te Rā! (Patricia Grace, illus by Andrew Burdan, trans by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers).
The finalists for the Children’s Choice awards were also announced. The finalists in each category are:
Young adult fiction
- Being Magdalene (Fleur Beale, Random House)
- Stray (Rachel Craw, Walker Books)
- Sylvie the Second (Kaeli Baker, Mākaro Press)
Junior fiction
- Cool Nukes (Des Hunt, Scholastic)
- Enemy Camp (David Hill, Puffin)
- The Girl Who Rode the Wind (Stacy Gregg, HarperCollins)
Nonfiction
- ANZAC Heroes (Maria Gill, illus by Marco Ivancic, Scholastic)
- First to the Top (David Hill, illus by Phoebe Morris, Puffin)
- Wildboy (Brando Yelavich, Penguin)
Picture book
- Kuwi’s Huhu Hunt (Kat Merewether, Illustrated Publishing)
- Stripes! No, Spots! (Vasanti Unka, Puffin)
- The House on the Hill (Kyle Mewburn, illus by Sarah Davis, Scholastic)
Te reo Māori
- Tamanui te Kōkako Mōrehu o Taranaki (Rebecca Beyer & Linley Wellington, illus by Andrew Burdan, trans by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers)
- Te Hua Tuatahi a Kuwi (Kat Merewether, trans by Pānia Papa, Illustrated Publishing)
- Whiti te Rā! (Patricia Grace, illus by Andrew Burdan, trans by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers).
The awards have expanded this year to include the Russell Clark Illustration Award and the Te Kura Pounamu Award after merging with the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Awards. The awards, which carry a total prize pool of NZ$59,500 (A$55,663), are administered by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust, with a LIANZA representative taking a seat on the board of trustees.
The winners of the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced at a ceremony in Wellington on 8 August. For more information about the awards, click here.
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