Suggested readings - Booktober 2023

Western Sydney Young Adult

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James Roy One Thousand Hills

“One Thousand Hills is beautifully and insightfully co-authored by Roy and Zihabamwe, the latter having lived through the events of 1994 in Rwanda.”

WINNER NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS: 2016

YOUNG PEOPLE’S HISTORY AWARD

2017 ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE


Felicity Castagna The Incredible Here and Now

“…Castagna allows much bigger things – like grief, love and growing up – to shine in a way that is all too rare in many young adult novels.” —Victoria Nugent, Rochford Street Review

Winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction

Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia and NSW Premier's Literary Award


Deb Abela Grimsdon Trilogy; Book One: Grimsdon, ...

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