Western Australian Premier's Book Award Winners

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Winners

	A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 768 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Writing for Children (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 309 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Premier's Prize for Writing for Children (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 2,853 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Timelord Dreaming: tweetems from ward 8b by David P. Reiter it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Digital Narrative (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Father's Daughter by Alice Pung (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 861 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toppling by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 200 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Books (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy As Larry by Scot Gardner 3.79 avg rating — 107 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young Adult (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anonymity Jones by James Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.19 avg rating — 57 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young Adult (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Utopian Man by Lisa Lang 3.70 avg rating — 188 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for People's Choice (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott 3.62 avg rating — 1,555 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction & Premier's Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W. K. Hancock by Jim Davidson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liar by Justine Larbalestier 3.28 avg rating — 8,874 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young Adult (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild 3.89 avg rating — 399 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Books (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summertime (Scenes from Provincial Life #3) by J.M. Coetzee 3.78 avg rating — 6,822 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 42,861 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution by Iain McCalman 4.20 avg rating — 483 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley by Brian Dibble 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for WA History (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan 4.33 avg rating — 9,997 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young Adult (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham 4.13 avg rating — 1,510 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Books (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wanting by Richard Flanagan 3.55 avg rating — 3,045 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe Hooper 4.26 avg rating — 4,104 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ziba Came on a Boat by Liz Lofthouse 3.46 avg rating — 104 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Overall Winner & Childrens Book (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 1,358 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Writing for Young Adults (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arrival by Shaun Tan 4.35 avg rating — 59,456 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Overall Winner & Childrens Book (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where's Stripey? by Wendy Binks 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Book (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legend of Lasseter's Reef by Mark Greenwood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Book (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend Of Moondyne Joe by Mark Greenwood 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Book (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirt Music by Tim Winton 3.87 avg rating — 15,351 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darkness by Anthony Eaton (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 24 ratings Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars