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The Build-Up Season – Megan Jacobson
Penguin Random House 9780143573388 July 31, 2017 Penguin (AU YR) RRP $19.99 What a fantastic and gripping read this is! This one had to be read over two nights but it was a wrench to leave it halfway! Ily (Iliad) Piper is a young woman who has had to face many emotional upheavals in…
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Exchange of Heart – Darren Groth
Penguin Random House 9780143781578 July 31, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s $19.99 If you were impressed with Groth’s 2014 novel Are You Seeing Me? you will be likewise taken with his new one and his ability to blend heartbreak and humour into one splendid story. Munro Maddux has taken a desperate step in his grief…
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Never Say Die – Alex Rider
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406377040 June 1, 2017 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99 How absolutely apt that as we mourn the loss of the suavest Bond of them all – vale Sir Roger Moore – the new Alex Rider explodes into our reading lives with every bit of excitement that we have come to anticipate from…
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Letters to the Lost – Brigid Kemmerer
Allen & Unwin ISBN:9781408883525 Publisher: Bloomsbury UK Imprint :Bloomsbury Child March 2017 RRP $16.99 Juliet’s mother died in a terrible hit-and-run accident. On her way home from yet another international photography mission documenting the heartbreak of war zones and disasters, she returned early at Juliet’s request and on her way from the airport was suddenly…
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The Moonlight Dreamers – Siobhan Curham
ISBN: 9781406365825 Imprint: WALKER PAPERBACK Distributor: Harper Collins Distribution Services for Australia and New Zealand Release Date: July 1, 2016 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99 Four teenage girls couldn’t be more different in personality, home life, culture or beliefs; yet one thing brings them together. They are all fed up with other people, whether peers or adults, telling…
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I Knew You Were Trouble A Jessie Jefferson Novel By Paige Toon
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK | 336 pages | ISBN 9781471118807 | November 2015 List Price AU$ 16.99 NZ$ 18.99 The second in a series this is a light read for your senior girl readers. Full to the brim of parties, jetset lifestyles, rock and roll and hot boys this will appeal to…
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Zeroes – Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti
ISBN:97819252665 Publisher:Allen & Unwin Imprint:A & U Children Pub Date:October 2015 Page Extent:496 RRP $19.99 When three highly respected authors collaborate on a novel, you might expect something extraordinary and Zeroes delivers just that. This is a slam-dunk in-your-face novel that brings something quite out of the box to readers. Meet six…
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The Stars at Oktober Bend – Glenda Millard
ISBN:9781743315897 Publisher:Allen & Unwin Imprint:A & U Children Pub Date:February 2016 Age: 13 – 17 I am always in awe of those multi-talented writers who can turn their hand to such a wide range of text types. From picture books to novels for younger readers to such as this for young adults, Glenda Millard…
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Hello, Goodbye & Everything in Between – Jennifer E. Smith
Hachette Australia ISBN:9781472235565 Publication date:26 Apr 2016 Page count:256 Imprint:Headline RRP $19.99 If, like me, you have often struggled to find a romance for tweens without graphic or inappropriate content, this is one to put on your list. From the author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First and The Geography of You and…
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