Older Readers Notable Books 2009

This is the complete list of Older Readers notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2009.

The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in Notable Australian Children's Books 2009

Notable Books Categories:

Older Readers

Younger Readers

Early Childhood

Picture Books

Eve Pownall

Printer-friendly copy in PDF format: Older Readers Notables 2009 | Notables Complete 2009 (last updated 7 April 09)

Note: These books are for mature readers.

Author	Title	Publisher
ABDEL-FATTAH, Randa	*Where the Streets had a Name*	Pan Macmillan Australia
CORNISH, D.M. [Short List]	*Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter*	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
CROWLEY, Cath	*Gracie Faltrain gets it Right (Finally)*	Pan Macmillan Australia
EATON, Anthony [Short List]	*Into White Silence*	Woolshed Press, Random House Australia
FENSHAM, Elizabeth	*Miss McAllister's Ghost*	University of Queensland Press
FRENCH, Jackie [Short List]	*A Rose for the Anzac Boys*	HarperCollinsPublishers
GOODMAN, Alison	*The Two Pearls of Wisdom*	HarperCollinsPublishers
JOHNSON, Mo	*Boofheads*	Walker Books
JONSBERG, Barry	*Ironbark*	Allen & Unwin
LAWRENCE, L.S.	*Escape by Sea*	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
MARCHETTA, Melina [Short List]	*Finnikin of the Rock*	Viking, Penguin Group Australia
MARSDEN, John Illus: OTTLEY, Matt	*Home and Away*	Lothian Children's Books, Hachette
MOLONEY, James [Short List]	*Kill the Possum*	Penguin Group Australia
PRYOR, Michael	*Word of Honour*	Random House Australia
STIRLING, Adrian	*Broken Glass*	Penguin Group Australia
TAN, Shaun [Short List]	*Tales from Outer Suburbia*	Allen & Unwin

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