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The Marvellous Mirza Girls – Sheba Karim
Harper Collins Australia March 2023 ISBN: 9780062845498 ISBN 10: 0062845497 Imprint: HarperCollins US List Price: 19.99 AUD I have to say I really enjoyed this and read it over several nights last week but I’m also going to say upfront that despite the publisher’s suggested age rating of 13 years upwards DO NOT even think about it being available…
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Easy Peasy – Ky Garvey/Amy Calautti
EK Books February 2023 ISBN 9781922539441 $24.99 I think we’ve all been in the same mind set as Ruby at one time or another – and if we haven’t been ourselves, then we certainly have encountered the child who was! We can often think we have all we need, whether skills or knowledge, at our…
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Tulips for Breakfast – Catherine Bauer
Ford St Publishing October 2022 ISBN 9781922696199 RRP: $19.99 As always, I am grateful to have the opportunity to review a book that provides young people with a perspective of one the darkest times in human history, particularly in order to endeavour that such atrocities will never be repeated. In this novel’s dedication Catherine Bauer…
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Dorrie – Tania McCartney
Harper Collins Australia February 2023 ISBN: 9781460760109 ISBN 10: 1460760107 Imprint: HarperCollins AU/Angus & Robertson List Price: 24.99 AUD Well you know my high opinion of the hugely talented Tania McCartney with her stylish flair for presenting her young readers with inspirational and engaging narratives, which also incorporate factual tidbits of the most fascinating kind. I grew up reading…
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The Silence that Binds Us – Joanna Ho
Harper Collins Australia October 2022 ISBN: 9780063059344 ISBN 10: 0063059347 Imprint: HarperCollins US List Price: 34.99 AUD Many of us fell in love with Joanna Ho’s exquisite writing with Eyes That Kiss in the Corners and Eyes That Speak to the Stars. Now it becomes apparent that her talent is not confined to lyrical picture books. This, her first…
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January Winner!
Congratulations Chloe!! My able assistant aka The Kid selected and you have won my Heartstopper prize! If you can let me know an email address we can work out delivery 🙂
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Well, That Was Unexpected – Jesse Q. Sutanto
Harper Collins Australia November 2022 ISBN: 9780008501464 ISBN 10: 0008501467 Imprint: Electric Monkey List Price: 19.99 AUD In actual fact, this is hands down the most enjoyable YA novel I’ve read in a long time. Coincidentally, it is one of a posse of recent YAs that are Asian-focused in one way or another. Even more interesting perhaps is that…
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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: the junior novelization – Bernard Waber
Harper Collins Australia September 2022 SBN: 9780063256477 ISBN 10: 0063256479 Imprint: Clarion Books List Price: 12.99 AUD To be perfectly honest, until the trailers for the movie came out, I had never really heard of this series, although I think I’ve had at least one of the picture books (the original one?) in my collection at some point. Maybe…
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