Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Today’s Sun – Gregg Dreise

    Penguin Australia Published: 31 August 2021 ISBN: 9781760898335 Imprint: Picture Puffin RRP: $14.99 Gregg‘s name has been bandied around quite a bit in the past week in our library after I suggested engaging him for next year’s Book Week visiting author for our younger students. He is the most marvellously warm and engaging speaker who elicits such a fabulous Read more

  • Poppy, the Punk Turtle [Endangered Animals #2]- Aleesah Darlison. Illustrated by Mel Matthews

    Penguin Australia Published: 31 August 2021 ISBN: 9781760899233 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $19.99 The battle to save the Mary River has been building momentum for years now and the residents of the Mary Valley are resolute in their determination to save the river, the environment and the wildlife. Paramount in that wildlife is the incredible and utterly adorable Mary River Read more

  • It’s Not You, It’s Me – Gabrielle Williams

    Allen & Unwin August 2021 ISBN: 9781760526078P Imprint: A & U Children RRP: $19.99 Yes, that tag line – Freaky Friday meets Pretty Little Liars – really hits the mark. This is one helluva time-travel that not just the life-swap but the cities/continents/decades swap as well! And what a ride it is, especially when there’s Read more

  • Sofa Surfer – Malcolm Duffy

    Harper Collins Australia May 2021 ISBN: 9781786697684 ISBN 10: 1786697688 Imprint: Head Of Zeus – Zehpyr GB RRP $16.99 On any given night in Australia 116,427 Australians are homeless. 27,680 of these are young people aged 12-24 years. Most of the homeless youth aged 12–18 years in 2016 were living in ‘severely’ crowded dwellings (61%) or in supported accommodation for Read more

  • Pumpkin – Julie Murphy

    Harper Collins Australia July 2021 ISBN: 9780063134867 ISBN 10: 0063134861 Imprint: HarperCollins US List Price: 19.99 AUD Seriously, you could hardly get a better book to read during (another) lockdown than this deliciously funny and heart-warming companion novel to Dumplin’. I can guarantee your readers will fall in love with Waylon Brewer and the accompanying cast of characters in Read more

  • Thursdays at Orange Blossom House – Sophie Green

    Hachette JUL 28, 2021 | 9780733646126 | RRP $32.99 Sophie Green has once again crafted a beautiful and resonant narrative that will capture the hearts of readers, just as her first two books did, with its exploration of the ‘circle of women’ always so evident in her work and, to my mind, so very important to so many. Indeed, Read more

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