Western Australian Premier's Book Award Winners

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Winners

	A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 498 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) 4.17 avg rating — 272 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) 4.43 avg rating — 1,321 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 3.94 avg rating — 766 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) 3.98 avg rating — 193 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 — 97 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) 3.26 avg rating — 58 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 — 179 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 — 1,416 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 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 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 — 8,755 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 3.87 avg rating — 381 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 by J.M. Coetzee 3.77 avg rating — 6,228 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 — 36,161 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 4.19 avg rating — 447 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 3.38 avg rating — 13 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 4.32 avg rating — 9,403 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 — 1,438 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 3.53 avg rating — 2,750 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 — 3,691 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 3.45 avg rating — 100 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) 3.82 avg rating — 1,294 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 4.34 avg rating — 54,765 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 3.83 avg rating — 24 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
	The Legend of Lasseters Reef by Mark Greenwood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 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 3.89 avg rating — 18 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 3.86 avg rating — 13,689 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