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Penny Reeve wins CALEB Prize

November 28, 2018

Congrats to Penny Reeve on winning the Children’s Literature Category of the

2018 CALEB Prize for Faith Inspired Writing

for her junior fiction novel

Camp Max.

Illustrated by Leigh Headstrom

Published by Wombat, in paperback

For ages 6 - 10.

The prize was presented at an award ceremony in Adelaide in October. Published in March, Camp Max then went on to win the Overall Grand Prize!

Wow - well done Penny!

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