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Halloween Bonus! Q&A with Jack Mackay
Recently I reviewed the amazingly great Gloam, debut novel of Jack Mackay [honestly, READ it! – it is SO good!] and am thrilled, as well as grateful, for this generous response to my Q&A. Perfect Halloween timing!!! Jack, welcome to Just So Stories! I am so grateful to you for sharing some time with my…
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Down the Plot Hole – Annaleise Byrd
Walker Books April 2025 ISBN13:9781760659059 Australia RRP:$16.99 New Zealand RRP:$18.99 Annaleise Byrd’s second fractured fairytale is as highly amusing as the first. Basil and Terry resume their reading schedule, continuing on with Grimms’ Fairytales, though Basil is very uncertain about the whole idea of going back into fairytale with all its uncertainties – and dangers!…
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Junkyard Fairies:#1 Dig Deep – Edwina Wyatt. Illustrated by Lauren O’Hara
Walker Books Australia October 2024 ISBN13:9781760657048 Australia RRP:$19.99 New Zealand RRP:$24.99 Even without the addition of the adorable little fairy house [thank you so much Walker Books!🍄] , I would have loved this delightful new take on fairies for a contemporary audience. It’s rather like a mash-up of Enid Blyton with Bottersnikes & Gumbles and…
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Hotel Balzaar – Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Júlia Sardà.
Walker Books Australia October 2024 ISBN13:9781529523782 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 One thing is always certain. A book by Kate DiCamillo will always be captivating. After the first Norendy tale, readers knew they could look forward to more of the magic realism of this series and it has come with another glorious story about stories.…
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Puppet – David Almond. Illustrated by Lizzy Stewart.
Walker Books Australia ISBN13:9781406391619 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 David Almond‘s Skellig is a book that has always stood out among the thousands I’ve read over the past 60 odd years. The magical realism, the sheer beauty of the characters and their actions, and the undeniable urgency to turn the page all make for just…
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A Twisted Tale Anthology: : Edited by Elizabeth Lim. Written by Elizabeth Lim, Liz Braswell, Jen Calonita, M.K. England, Livia Blackburne, Micol Ostow, Kristina Perez, Farrah Rochon
Scholastic Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9781760269098 RRP: $29.99 The Twisted Tales were first recommended to me by one of my ChocLit (book club) readers a couple of years ago. She suggested we get them for the library, and that was an exceptional success. They were very literally never on the shelves and in high demand…
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Juniper’s Christmas – Eoin Colfer.
Harper Collins Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9780008475543 ISBN 10: 0008475547 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $19.99 It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Eoin (well, me at least) but this one was definitely worth a wait. I absolutely think it’s one of the most original Christmas MG novels I’ve ever read, and I loved every word of it.…
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