The Young Australians’ Best Book Awards (YABBA) for 2011 have been announced:

Fiction Years 7-9: Now (Morris Gleitzman, Viking)

Fiction Older Readers: ‘Conspiracy 365‘ series (Gabrielle Lord, Scholastic)

Fiction Younger Readers: The Very Bad Book (Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, Pan)

Picture Storybooks: The Wrong Book (Nick Bland, Scholastic)

The YABBA awards are children’s choice book awards; children choose the shortlist and the overall winner in each category.