The shortlists for the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for 2016 have been announced. The awards cover Australian literature in a variety of categories with two of them focused on younger readers. Here are the shortlists for those categories:

CHILDREN’S FICTION

 

Adelaide’s Secret World by Elise Hurst

The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar by Tohby Riddle

 

Mr. Huff by Anna Walker

Perfect by Danny Parker and Freya Blackwood

Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

 

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

 

Becoming Kirrali Lewis by Jane Harrison

Green Valentine by Lili Wilkinson

 

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

In Between Days by Vikki Wakefield

A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay