The judges say they were spoilt for
choice with the 154 submitted entries. "Haunted houses, war stories,
gritty social issues and some amazingly imaginative works were all part of the
mix. It was very challenging for us all to choose these finalists," says
Fiona Mackie, convenor of the judges.
Young
Adult Fiction
Battlesaurus:
Rampage at Waterloo, Brian Falkner, Pan Macmillan Australia
(Farrar Strauss Giroux)
Being
Magdalene, Fleur Beale, Penguin Random House (Random House New Zealand)
Hucking
Cody, Aaron Topp, Mary Egan Publishing
Lullaby,
Bernard
Beckett, Text Publishing
Sylvie
the Second, Kaeli Baker, Mākaro Press
Junior
Fiction (Esther Glen Award)
Enemy
Camp, David Hill, Penguin Random House (Puffin)
From
the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, Kate De Goldi, Penguin
Random House (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, Harper Collins
Non-Fiction
(Elsie Locke Award)
ANZAC
Heroes, Maria Gill, illustrated by Marco Ivancic, Scholastic NZ
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, Penguin Random House (Random House New Zealand)
Whose
Beak is This? Gillian Candler, illustrated by Fraser
Williamson, Potton & Burton
Allis
the little tractor, Sophie Siers, illustrated by Helen
Kerridge, Millwood-Heritage Productions
Finding
Monkey Moon, Elizabeth Pulford, illustrated by Kate
Wilkinson, Walker Books
Haka,
Patricia
Grace, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, Huia Publishers
The
House on the Hill, Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Sarah Davis,
Scholastic NZ
The
Little Kiwi’s Matariki, Nikki Slade Robinson, David Ling
Publishing (Duck Creek Press)
Changing
Times: The story of a New Zealand town and its newspaper, Bob
Kerr, Potton & Burton
Finding
Monkey Moon, illustrated by Kate Wilkinson, written by
Elizabeth Pulford, Walker Books
Hush:
A Kiwi Lullaby, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, written by
Joy Cowley, translated by Ngaere Roberts, Scholastic NZ
Much
Ado About Shakespeare, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press
The
House on the Hill, illustrated by Sarah Davis, written by Kyle Mewburn, Scholastic NZ
Te
reo Māori (Te Kura Pounamu Award)
Tamanui
te Kōkako Mōrehu o Taranaki, Rebecca Beyer and Linley
Wellington, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, translated by Kawata Teepa, Huia
Publishers
Te
Huatahi a Kuwi, Kat Merewether, translated by Pānia Papa,
Illustrated Publishing
Whiti
te Rā! Patricia Grace, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, translated by
Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers
The winners of the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young
Adults will be announced on the evening of Monday, 8 August at Circa Theatre in
Wellington.
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