2009 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner
![Greener Grass: The Famine Years](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581014011-4996-image-3.jpg)
Greener Grass: The Famine Years
Caroline Pignat
Finding their life becoming more difficult everyday, the Byrne family is forced to leave their homeland to escape the Great Famine….
2009 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Shortlist
![A Thousand Shades of Blue](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580846540-58874-image-3.jpg)
A Thousand Shades of Blue
Robin Stevenson
![Home Free](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-image-3-image-3.jpg)
Home Free
Sharon Jennings
![Sister Wife](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580960271-2023-image-3.jpg)
Sister Wife
Shelley Hrdlitschka
![The Uninvited](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580944499-60511-image-3.jpg)