New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
Past and Present finalist and winners
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"Moose the pilot", by Kimberly Andrews -
"Meet Moose, a bush pilot who lives in a treehouse. He's had a VERY busy day when he gets a radio call for one more job, a RESCUE mission! Moose, the dashing bush pilot from Puffin the Architect, is to the rescue!" 2022 Finalist Russell Clark Award for Illustration
"The memory thief", by Leonie Agnew ;
illustrations by Kieran Rynhart -2022 Winner Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for JuniorJFiction Seth has been trapped behind the iron bars of the public gardens for as long as he can remember. By day he's frozen as a statue of a shepherd boy, but as soon as the sun sets he roams the park, ravenously hungry. He is a troll, and the food he seeks is human memories. 2022 Finalist Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for JuniorJFiction
"Mokopuna Matatini", by Pania Tahau-Hodges ; nā Story Hemi Morehouse ngā pikitia -
It's national kapa haka competition time again, and this Māori performing arts festival is a big event! It needs planning, tactics and dedication - and that's just for the people watching! 2022 Finalist RUssell Clark Award for Non-Fiction
"Why is that spider dancing? : the amazing arachnids of Aotearoa" / Simon Pollardand Phil Sirvid
The magic, secrets, mysteries and marvels of Aotearoa New Zealand's abundance of eight-legged beasties, from microscopic mites to spiders as large as your hand. They also profile some of the men and women who have helped build our knowledge in this area. Finalist Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
"Donovan Bixley's draw some awesome : drawing tips & ideas for budding artists",
by Donovan Bixley' -Donovan brings his unique style to teaching kids (and grown-ups!) to draw. He takes readers on a visually stimulating, constantly amusing and comprehensively informative journey across the drawing galaxy. From first squiggles to using perspective and shading, step by step, shape by shape, with an emphasis on having fun,. 2022 Finalist Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
"Learning to love blue", by Saradha Koirala -
Winner Young Adult Fiction Award - Paige knows Melbourne's the new rock and roll capital of the world: if she can't make it here, she can't make it anywhere. Besides, her high school crush Spike has been living here for a year. After the initial excitement, Paige struggles in the big city. Record stores aren't hiring and she can't get a good night's sleep. Not to mention the added stress of housemates behaving oddly.
"Wolf's lair", by Brian Falkner -
The epic conclusion to the Katipo Joe trilogy. Joe has penetrated the very heart of the Nazi spiderweb, spying on Adolf Hitler and his cronies as the Second World War gains momentum and Germany begins its crucial invasion of the Soviet Union. But British Intelligence wants Hitler dead. 2022 Finalist Young Adult Fiction Award
"Displaced", by Cristina Sanders -
Eloise and her family must leave Cornwall on a treacherous sea journey to start a new life in 1870s colonial New Zealand. On the ship across, Eloise meets Lars, a Norwegian labourer travelling below decks, and their lives begin to intertwine. 2022 Finalist Young Adult Fiction
"The uprising : the mapmakers in Cruxcia" by Eirlys Hunter ;
illustrations by Kirsten Slade - Sal, Joe, Francie and Humphrey Santander are mapmakers looking for their father, a famous explorer who disappeared on his last expedition. Their search takes them to Cruxcia, where the people are fighting to protect their land from the all-powerful Grania Trading Company. 2022 Finalist Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction
"The Tomo", by Mary-Anne Scott -
Phil, and his father's beloved heading dog, Blue, have to spend the Christmas break working on a sheep station while Phil's dad undergoes out-of-town, cancer treatment. The station manager, Chopper, isn't happy having a teenager in his care and certainly not a sheepdog that doesn't understand his signals. Things start to improve for Phil when Chopper's step-daughter, Emara arrives back from holiday, 2022 Finalist Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction
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