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The Girl Who Thought Her Mother was a Mermaid – Tania Unsworth
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781788547796 ISBN 10: 1788547799 Imprint: Head Of Zeus – Zehpyr – GB On Sale: 24/09/2018 RRP $14.99 This is a quite lovely blending of old selkie folklore, fairy tale and a young girl’s search for her own true self as well as her lost mother. Stella feels she is always the odd one out and Read more
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Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery – Alexander McCall-Smith
Bloomsbury Children’s 9781408886137 July 2018 RRP: $19.99 Alexander McCall-Smith has long been a favoured writer for adults for me – in fact I’m listening to one of his audio books in the daily commute at present. I’ve bought several of the young Precious series for the library as so many of my Juniors just love Read more
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Just a Girl – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781460753095 ISBN 10: 1460753097 August 2018 RRP: $16.99 Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. I’m not a Catholic – and though I was raised an Anglican I am not particularly religious in Read more
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Dolls of War – Shirley Parenteau
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9780763690694 Imprint: Candlewick Release Date: February 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 This is another charming book in the ‘Friendship Dolls’ series. The last one I reviewed examined the narrative from a Japanese girl’s perspective when the American dolls were coming as gifts of friendship to her country. This one takes another Read more
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Surf Riders Club 2: Bronte’s Big Sister Problem – Mary Van Reyk
Hachette Australia FEB 27, 2018 | 9780734417923 | RRP $12.99 As I predicted the first in this series has been very popular in our library – after all we are in the beautiful Sunshine Coast and surfing is a prime pastime! So I have no doubt at all that this second in the series will be just as Read more
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