Here is the section of the
Prime Minister's Literary awards 2013 for the Children fiction section. I am not sure when the winner's for the each section are announced.
Red by Libby Gleeson
A gripping mystery unfolds in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone that leaves a young girl unable to remember her name or where she comes from
Mud. In her mouth, her nose and her eyes. Mud in her hair and caked on her neck and her arms. Mud filling her shoes and seeping through the thin cotton weave of her trousers. She lay sprawled on her side, a garbled, barely distinct sound coming from her: jaymartinjaymartin. Her world was mud and pain.
'What's your name?' A boy was sitting on a kitchen table floating in a muddy pool. At his feet was a child's doll, the head lolling to one side.
Red can't remember the cyclone. She can't remember anything—her name, where she lived, or who her family might be. Her identity has been ripped away. Then she makes a discovery, and finds she has an important mission to accomplish. But in this chaotic, bewildering world, can she do it on her own? Who can she trust
Today We Have No Plans by Jane Godwin and illustrated by Anna Walker
A busy week, a slower day, brings time to dream and time to play. From the creators of the much-loved All Through the Year comes a journey through a week in the life of an Australian family, celebrating those precious days that have no plans.
What’s the Matter, Aunty May? by Peter Friend and illustrated by Andrew Joyner
In this ultimate portrait of childhood optimism and cheer, the narrator proceeds from chore to chore leaving a trail of destruction behind him, oblivious to his aunt's horror
Good intentions go awry as a polish here and a scrub-a-dub there culminates in a parakeet passing through a vacuum cleaner, a couple of floods, ice cream cake where there shouldn't be ice cream cake, and the promise of a return visit. A lovable character in the cheeky style of Dennis the Menace offers the sort of help that quickly becomes a hindrance, in this rollicking, energetic tale illustrated in a charming retro style
The Beginner’s Guide to Revenge by Marianne Musgrove
Two friends. One book of revenge. Zero consequences?
As a soldier's daughter, Romola has changed school five times, always having to make new friends... and now enemies. Meanwhile, Sebastian's mum is about to make the biggest mistake of their lives, unless Sebastian can find his dad in time to stop her.
Thrown together by chance, these two thirteen-year-olds set out to even the score. But once that big old ball of revenge starts rolling down the hill, there's not an awful lot they can do to stop it... or is there?
If you found the perfect way to pay someone back, would you do it
