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Shakespeare in the Orchard – Danielle Binks
Hachette Australia Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books Jul 7, 2026 | 9780734421920 | RRP $17.99 It took me a while to get into this one as the first chapters seemed to move slowly but once it got going, I was thoroughly engaged with this fictionalised slice of history, hitherto unknown to me. That is to say, naturally I knew about…
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Piper at the Gates of Dusk – Patrick Ness
Walker Books Australia April 2026 ISBN13:9781529537581 Australia RRP:$29.99 New Zealand RRP:$32.99 I have never made any secret of the fact that Chaos Walking is my favourite dystopian of all time. And, in fact, Patrick Ness, is definitely in my Top 10 favourite authors as well. So not only was I panting with anticipation waiting on…
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Making Trouble (A Good Kind of Trouble #2) – Brooke Blurton. Melanie Saward.
Harper Collins Australia March 2026 ISBN: 9781460761502 ISBN 10: 1460761502 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $19.99 Following up last year’s A Good Kind of Trouble, Brooke Blurton continues the journey of the Noongar girls from the bush, this time with the focus on Stella as she and Jamie head to the big smoke to continue their education under the…
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Lila MacKay is Very Misunderstood – Gill Sims
Harper Collins Australia December 2025 ISBN: 9780008513788 ISBN 10: 0008513783 Imprint: Farshore Fiction GB RRP: $19.99 If you have followed and shrieked with laughter over Gill Sims’ FB posts Peter and Jane over the years or read her books e.g. the Why Mummy Drinks series , you will know instantly that this book is utterly hilarious. It is…
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Romeo V Juliet – R. A. Spratt
Penguin Australia February 2026 Imprint: Penguin ISBN: 9781761349744 RRP: $16.99 If Hamlet is Not OK made you laugh a lot and cast Shakespeare into a different light altogether, verily forsooth! just wait till you get thy hands on this tome. I truly wish this had been around the last time I taught R&J [though I say…
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Picture Book Month Bonus: Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins. Illustrated by Nico Delort.
Scholastic Australia ISBN : 9781761721779 Publisher : Scholastic Inc Imprint : Scholastic Inc RRP: $49.99 Last year it was the #1 illustrated Hunger Games that was a bonus for Picture Book Month, now it’s equally sumptuous Catching Fire. This trilogy and its numerous spin-offs remains a favourite with so many around the world, myself included. There is just so much to…
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Oxford Blood — Rachel Davis Featherstone
Walker Books Synchronicity yet again. For one thing my other YA review for Halloween is also dark academia, full of privilege vs scholarship, ruthlessness, power-hungry educational institutions, murder/s, set in an elite institution. And, also, as I’ve just re-read via audiobook The Book of Dust #1 & #2 and the setting of Oxford with references…
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What Have They Done to Liza McClean? – Amy Doak
Penguin Australia October 2025 ISBN: 9781761350641 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $19.99 No doubt about it, Amy Doak has rocketed into ‘force to be reckoned with’ status since Eleanor Jones first burst onto our YA shelves. After three hugely successful titles in that series, we now have a new aspect of Amy’s talent. Your kiddos who are into the whole…
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