What books do they read in WA?

Oh la la what excitement. The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced!

Children's

• Henry Hoey Hobson (Christine Bongers, Woolshed Press)
• Mirror (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books)
• Sarindi's Dragon Kite (Janine M Fraser & Elise Hurst, HarperCollins)
• The Red Wind (Isobelle Carmody, Viking)
• The Three Loves of Persimmon (Cassandra Golds, Penguin)
• Toppling (Sally Murphy & Rhian Nest James, Walker Books)

Young Adult

• Anonymity Jones (James Roy, Woolshed Press)
• Happy as Larry (Scot Gardner, A&U)
• The FitzOsbornes in Exile: The Montmaray Journals 2 (Michelle Cooper, Random House)
• The Midnight Zoo (Sonya Hartnett, Viking)
• This is Shyness (Leanne Hall, Text)
• Wavelength (A J Betts, Fremantle Press)