The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2010

The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults celebrate the best books for children and teenagers published annually in New Zealand.

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The 2010 finalists in the Young Adult fiction section of the awards are:

Banquo’s Son T.K. Roxborogh, Penguin NZ: Continues Shakespeare’s Macbeth focusing on the character of Fleance who escapes to England after Banquo’s murder and eventually returns to Scotland on a quest to avenge his father. An epic tale of love, loss and revenge set amidst the turmoil of Scotland after Macbeth
The Beginner’s Guide to Living Lia Hills, Text Publishing: Seventeen-year-old Will is clever but he can’t find answers to any of his questions after his mother dies in a car accident. His father seems to be drifting and his older brother stays away from home. And Will just can’t get past being either angry or in tears. He finds his mum’s old camera and begins taking photos that help him see thing differently. A compelling novel about grief, ideas and experience, about those moments in your life that change you forever. (Description from Penguin Books Australia).
Blood of the Lamb: The Crossing Mandy Hager, Random House New Zealand: The Crossing, the first of the ‘Blood of the Lamb’ trilogy, is set on a fictional Pacific island, approximately three generations after an apocalyptic event (a solar flare) in 2012 threw the world into complete chaos. It’s a fast-paced, suspenseful action story that also features a stong, realistic and dramatic love story.
Brainjack Brian Falkner, Walker Books: It would take a very special person to crack the computer systems of the White House. An expert. A genius. A devil. All of the above, some would say. Someone like Sam Wilson, brilliant teenage computer hacker. But Sam’s obsession is about to lead him into a dangerous world. A world of espionage and intrigue; of cybercrime and imminent war. A world where logging on to your computer could mean the difference between life and death.
End of the Alphabet Fleur Beale, Random House New Zealand: Ruby Yarrow is 14 and she’s a good girl who helps out alot around the house with cooking and looking after the little ones. Ruby’s best friend Tia tells her to stop being a doormat which gets Ruby thinking. How do you stop being a doormat and start standing up for yourself? Ruby can’t even get her own bedroom, so why does she think she could get accepted for a school trip to Brazil? But Tia has made her start thinking and things will never be the same again for Ruby or her family.

Go to Christchurch City Libraries page of Young Adult fiction finalists and winners to see more winning Kiwi books.

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