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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • The Book of Secrets: The Ateban Cipher #1– A. L. Tait

    Hachette September 2017 9780734417671 | RRP $14.99 So imagine if you will Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men hiding out in Sherwood Forest. Now replace that image with a feisty band of young girls adept in woodcraft, hunting, disguise and escape. This is the group that young Gabriel a naïve and inexperienced novice monk encounters…

  • Vet Cadets : Bks 3 & 4 – Rebecca Johnson

    Penguin Random House 31 July 2017 Imprint : Puffin (AU YR) RRP $14.99 This new series from Rebecca Johnson is perfect for those who have graduated from Juliet Nearly a Vet with girls who are just a little older and perhaps with a slightly more exciting setting. The three main characters – Abbey, Talika and…

  • Bring Me the Head of Ivy Pocket – Caleb Krisp

    Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781408858721 Publisher: Bloomsbury UK Imprint: Bloomsbury Child May 2017 RRP $14.99 After two totally madcap and thrilling Ivy Pocket adventures, Caleb Krisp completes the trilogy with an equally exciting conclusion. For those who have followed Ivy’s incredible and unbelievable exploits so far you may find this final instalment quite a lot…

  • 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…

  • You Choose… Flip Me #1 & #2

    You Choose Flip Me! 1 and 2 – George Ivanoff The Treasure of Dead Man’s Cove Mayhem at Magic School You Choose Flip Me! #3 & #4 ISBN: 9780857989536 Published: 01/12/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s RRP $19.99   You Choose Flip Me! 3 and 4 Maze of Doom The Haunting of Spook House   ISBN: 9780857989550 Published: 01/12/2015 Imprint: Random…