The 2013 LIANZA Children’s Book Award winners...

...have been announced, and the Young Adult winner is:

The Nature of Ash, by Mandy Hager

The other YA finalists were:

My Brother’s War, by David Hill

Marked, by Denis Martin

Earth Dragon, Fire Hare, by Ken Catran

Snakes and Ladders, by Mary-Anne Scott

While it didn't win this category, David Hill's My Brother's War won the Librarians’ Choice Award, which marks it "the most popular finalist across all awards".

Click here for the winners in the other categories, and here for the finalists in all other categories.