Scar Town & Tristan Bancks

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Scar Town by Tristan Bancks
Scar Town wins the prestigious CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Reader category and is also declared the winner by children, who read the shortlist as Shadow Judges. Read my review and how to use the book with children at PaperbarkWords blog. Congratulations Tristan!

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Book advocate. Joy Lawn is a freelance book reviewer and book judge specialising in literary fiction and children's and YA literature. She has recently judged the Prime Ministerā€™s Literary Awards, Qld Literary Awards - Fiction & Non-Fiction Book Award (chair), IBBY Australia Honour Books for Writing & Illustration, and has judged the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Russell Prize for Humour Writing, CBCA, Davitt Women's Crime Book awards & Aurealis Awards. Joy loves moderating sessions at Writersā€™ Festivals, including Brisbane, Byron, Sydney & Central Coast, reviews theatre & books for ArtsHub, books for Books + Publishing & writes the editorial and feature articles for Magpies magazine. Joy promotes Australian literature here and overseas. 'A great book compels you to reread your own soul.' ā€” Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North