AustLit
History
Also called 'Fiction for Older Readers'.
Replaced the pre-existing category 'Senior Book' in 2000.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2023
winner y
Prank Wars
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2018
14086133
2018
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen.
'As he and his classmates head off on a camping trip, the new boy, Tyson, decides to play some jokes of his own.
'Max is the funny kid ... and now there's a prank war to be won!
'Monsters in the lake, smuggling ducks, dig-your-own toilets, capsizing canoes, absolutely not falling in love and beans that give you the runs are just some of the things in store for Max and his friends in this brand-new adventure.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2022
winner y
The 143-Storey Treehouse
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2021
22942453
2021
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a word-o-matic (it knows every word in the whole world!); a recycling depot; a wrecking ball; a deep, dark cave with a real live, fire-breathing dragon; a too-hard basket; a SUPER BIG STUFF storey; a baked-bean geyser (it erupts on the hour, every hour); a Ye Olde Worlde Historical Village; a fish milkshake level (the penguins love them!); a complaining room; a spooky graveyard (where it's always midnight, even in the middle of the day); a toffee apple orchard guarded by a kind scarecrow; and a camping ground where you can have a nice, relaxing camping holiday - unless you get caught by hobyahs, put in a bag and poked with a stick, that is ...' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2021
winner y
The 130-Storey Treehouse
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2020
19895193
2020
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Andy and Terry have added 13 new levels to their treehouse and now it's even more out of this world than before!
'There's a soap bubble blaster, a GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a time-wasting level, a toilet paper factory (because you can never have too much toilet paper), a room full of mechanical grandparents, a super long legs level, an extraterrestrial observation centre and the best bookshop-in-a-treehouse-in-a-tree-in-a-forest-in-a-book in the whole world!
'Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2020
winner y
The 117-Storey Treehouse
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2019
16432360
2019
children's fiction
'Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a tiny-horse level, a pyjama-party room, an Underpants Museum, a photo-bombing booth, a waiting room, a Door of Doom, a circus, a giant-robot-fighting arena, a traffic school, a water-ski park filled with flesh-eating piranhas and a treehouse visitor centre with a 24-hour information desk, a penguin-powered flying treehouse tour bus and a gift shop.
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2019
winner y
The 104-Storey Treehouse
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2018
14252516
2018
single work
children's fiction
children's
'The 104-Storey Treehouse is the eighth book of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud story is told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations.
'Join Andy and Terry in their now 104-storey spectacular treehouse. They’ve added thirteen new levels, including a never-ending staircase, a burp bank, and even a mighty fortress. But Andy and Terry are in a race against time to find a funny story for their next book – will the tooth fairy, the two-million-dollar shop or even the riddles of the deep-thoughts thinking room be able to help?
'Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!' (Publication summary)
