LAST-PLACE LIN

Lin is excited about her first school sports day until she comes last. A relatable picture book about endurance and resilience from the award-winning author Wai Chim.

It's Sports Day! Everyone has a different House colour. I'm in the Red House. Go Red! It's time for the sack race. On your marks, get set, go! 'Look, it's Last-Place Lin,' someone jeers. 'Last-Place Lin! Last-Place Lin!' It's Lin's first Sports Day and in every race she comes last. She almost gives up but Lin learns what's really important about Sports Day with a little help from her friends. Wai Chim is the Chinese-American-Australian author of a number of children's and YA titles including Freedom Swimmer and most recently The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling, which was a Kirkus Prize Finalist in the US and was short-listed for the Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Last-Place Lin is her first picture book and was inspired by her time on Australian Survivor: Brains vs Brawn. www.waichim.com Freda Chiu is an author and illustrator from Sydney, Australia. Outside her art practice, Freda lectures in Illustration at the University of Technology Sydney. Her debut picture book, A Trip to the Hospital, was short- listed for the CBCA Award for New Illustrator and the IBBY Australia Ena Noël Awards. www.fredachiu.com