Bookmarks

We are on the countdown to Book Week 2020. Each Prep to Year 8 library class is now exploring the CBCA Book of the Year books. The next few instalments of Bookmarks will feature books from the Book of the Year Shortlists and Notables lists.

Junior College

‘We’re Stuck’ by Sue deGennaro (Book of the Year Shortlist – Early Childhood)

A beautiful story about community and connections in a busy, moving world, ‘We’re Stuck’ forces its characters to stop and connect. Together, they must work through their problems and they discover they actually already have everything they need. They also join forces to brighten someone else’s day.

Turtle is racing to the lift. He has a very important list and he needs to get to the shops and back to his mum. In Building 24, the residents often meet in the lift. They shuffle and move over to let in Crocodile, who needs to get to a meeting and Giraffe who is on the way to the doctors. Lion is due for a haircut and Hippo needs to get the cafe open. But then, suddenly the lift stops. The residents of Building of 24 are STUCK! What happens next? Find this delightful book in our picture book collection.

Middle College

‘The Dog Runner’ by Bren MacDibble (Book of the Year Shortlist – Younger Readers)

‘The Dog Runner’ is a superb, beautifully written book. Thought-provoking and action filled, ‘The Dog Runner’ is an Australian, middle-grade novel that is dystopian fiction at its finest. Ella, her half-brother Emery, father and mother live in a small apartment along with three dogs. They hide the dogs, as many judge them for having extra mouths to feed when food is already scarce. When Ella’s mother doesn’t return from work and her father goes out to find her and also doesn’t return, Ella and her brother escape their apartment. Taking their dogs along with two others and using a bike sled, they set out across the country to try and make it to Emery’s mother’s property.

Senior College

‘The Boy Who Steals Houses’ by C.G. Drews (Book of the Year Shortlist – Older Readers)

Sammy Lou steals houses. It’s the only way he can stay off the streets each night, look after his older brother and feel some small part of being home, which he craves so much. But when Sammy steals a house that is occupied, he is surprised to find himself swept up in the big, loud and slightly crazy family who lives there. But presented for the first time with everything he has ever wanted, Sammy isn’t sure he can shake his past, which is about to catch up with him. ‘The Boy Who Steals Houses’ is an emotionally devastating, heartbreaking YA contemporary novel. Seriously. Pack tissues. In parts funny and with characters who are totally loveable, ‘The Boy Who Steals Houses’ is sure to steal your heart.

Ms Madison Dearnaley, Teacher Librarian