2010 Amazon.ca First Novel Award winner

Eleanor Catton has won the 2010 Amazon.ca First Novel Award for her book, "The Rehearsal," which follows the aftermath of a sexual scandal at a private school. Head judge, Stuart Woods, describes Catton's remarkable novel as "unlike any coming of age story you're likely to encounter, offering keen insight into the worlds of high art, music, and theatre while brilliantly decoding the rituals of adolescent life"