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Ariki and the Giant Shark – Nicola Davies. Illustrated by Nicola Kinnear.
Walker Books Australia July 2018 ISBN: 9781406369793 Imprint: Walker Australian RRP: $12.99 New Zealand RRP: $14.99 It can be difficult to find fiction that focuses on the Pacific/Polynesian cultures particularly for younger readers but this first book in a new series promises to be rich material for this aspect of HASS as well as being an entertaining mystery/adventure. Ariki…
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Wundersmith : The Calling of Morrigan Crow : Nevermoor 2– Jessica Townsend
Hachette OCT 30, 2018 | 9780734418227 | RRP $16.99 Imprint: Lothian Books Morrigan is back! The eagerly anticipated second instalment of Nevermoor is no disappointment and the many readers who are bursting at the seams waiting to get their hands on a copy will be delighted. Now that Morrigan has passed her trials she becomes part of Unit 919…
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Other Worlds #3 & #4 – George Ivanoff
Penguin Random House RRP $14.99 #3 Game World 9780143786238 May 28, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s George’s new series will be just as popular as his previous offerings I predict and this one particularly is clearly going to have huge appeal to the ‘gamers’ in your reading audience. Hall is not very special…
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The Storm Keeper’s Island – Catherine Doyle
Bloomsbury Australia August 2018 ISBN: 9781408896884 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP :$14.99 What a simply sparkling debut novel! It did take me two nights rather than my usual one (but I confess a little tiredness even after a week of holidays) but it was simply page-turning and thoroughly engrossing. Fionn Boyle and his older sister…
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Other Worlds 1: Perfect World – George Ivanoff
Penguin Random House 9780143786191 February 26, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP: $14.99 George Ivanoff has well established his cred for providing exciting adventurous narratives for the middle school crowd. In Other Worlds and this particular first instalment he’s also giving them what I would describe as a taste of dystopian for younger…
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La Belle Sauvage : The Book of Dust #1 – Phillip Pullman
Penguin Random House 9780857561084 October 19, 2017 David Fickling Books RRP $32.99 Dear Philip Pullman It is magnificent! How long must I wait for volume 2? Yours Sincerely Me I don’t think I would have been alone when, upon finding out earlier this year that Philip Pullman was publishing a new ‘prequel’…
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Alice-Miranda in Hollywood (#16) – Jacqueline Harvey
Penguin Random House August 2017-09-03 ISBN 9780143780618 RRP $16.99 My girls are already super-excited awaiting this latest Alice-Miranda and well they should be because I think it is the most exciting thus far! A-M and her pals are in the midst of being part of a real Hollywood movie – as child actors in A-M’s…
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The Shop at Hoopers Bend – Emily Rodda
Harper Collins ISBN: 9781460753668 ISBN 10: 1460753666 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU On Sale: 24/07/201 List Price: 16.99 AUD When you go to bed feeling a little tired and start reading a new book and then just keep reading it until you’re finished, you know it’s a terrific piece of writing. It’s been a while since…
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The Eureka Key (Secrets of the Seven) – Sarah L. Thomson
Bloomsbury Published: 04-04-2017 ISBN: 9781681190617 Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Series: Secrets of the Seven If you’ve ever watched Nic Cage in the National Treasure movies (and who hasn’t?) I would liken this to those – except for youngsters. While I think our Australian readers will be at a slight disadvantage not knowing a great deal if…
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