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Echo in the Memory – Cameron Nunn
Walker Books June 2021 ISBN: 9781760653118Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $16.99New Zealand RRP: $19.99 Beautifully timed for NAIDOC Week this new YA novel, which explores the convergence of two periods of Australian history with the common thread being the one family name, will both shock and illuminate many readers regarding some of the darkest moments in our history…
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Tell Me Why for Young Adults – Archie Roach
Simon & Schuster Australia (March 3, 2021) ISBN13: 9781760858865 I can say unreservedly that this is one of the most powerful memoirs I have read in recent years and for young adults this is a book worth promoting heavily. Archie’s life story is at times harrowing and confronting but also uplifting and inspirational. Taken away…
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The Angel of Waterloo – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia December 2020 ISBN: 9781460757918 ISBN 10: 1460757912 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 29.99 AUD In actual fact, I read the proof copy of this at the start of the term – hungrily devouring each page with intensity – as I do with every single one of Jackie’s books, particularly her historical fiction. All those who…
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Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather – Stephanie Owen Reeder and Tania McCartney
Publisher: National Library of AustraliaISBN: 978064229637 RRP: $24.99 What an amazing partnership these two creators make! Together they have made what is already an interesting topic for many children into one that is completely fascinating. The Kid’s home school unit on extreme weather and natural disasters last term was just as enjoyable for her as…
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Gold! – Jackie Kerin & Annie White
Ford St Publishing September 2020 ISBN10 1925804534 ISBN13 9781925804539 RRP: $24.99 What a brilliant combination! A lively rhythmic text, absolutely stunning illustrations paired with historical information about the Victorian gold-rush all of which will stimulate readers’ interest and imagination. For those with the ubiquitous Gold in Australia unit of work this is a magnificent springboard into your…
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The Schoolmaster’s Daughter – Jackie French
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter – Jackie French Harper Collins Australia May 2020 ISBN: 9781460757710 ISBN 10: 1460757718 RRP: $17.99 We know so well Jackie’s passion for and skill with historical fiction and when she combines it, as she has with this new novel, with her own family history the result is even more sensational. Australia at the point…
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Red Day – Sandy Fussell
Walker Books Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9781760651886 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 It seems very apt to be reviewing Sandy Fussell’s latest book today as we commemorate ANZAC Day albeit in a very different way to the usual events. This is a very powerful story which blends contemporary life in small…
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To the Bridge – Corinne Fenton. Illustrated by Andrew McLean
Walker Books Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9781925126822 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $29.99 If ever there was a story to inspire kids to follow their dreams this surely has to be one that is right up there with the best. In our modern world it seems completely unbelievable that a nine-year-old boy and his…
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Trouble in the Surf – Stephanie Owen Reeder and Briony Stewart
National Library of Australia October 2019 Publisher: National Library of Australia Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 9780642279460 RRP: $24.99 Stephanie Owen Reeder always excels at creating engaging narratives that are underwritten with historical facts and this picture book is no exception. To all intents and purposes it is merely the story of two cousins who go…
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