Selby’s Secret is the first children's novel in the Selby series by Australian writer

Writer

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 Duncan Ball

Duncan Ball

Duncan Ball is an American-born Australian author who has written the children's series Selby and Emily Eyefinger...

, and was first published in 1985. It was reissued in 2004.

Awards and nominations

Years after publication, the book won its first award, the 1987 Primary section in the Waybra Award. It also came fourth place in the 1987 Primary section of the Koala Awards. The book was also shortlisted many other awards including the 1993 Yabba Awards for young readers. It has been shortlisted for the Koala Awards for 1988-1991 as well as 1996, 1999, and 2000. In 2001 it was finally voted in to the Koala Awards’ Hall of Fame.