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The Valley of Lost Secrets – Lesley Parr
Bloomsbury Australia February 2021 ISBN: 9781526620521 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 Omg, I can’t tell you how much I loved this read during the week!! It completely reminds me of two much-loved favourites, Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden and Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (both of which I own and have re-read many…
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Don’t Read the Comments – Eric Smith
Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9781489295705 ISBN 10: 1489295704 Imprint: HQ Young Adult – US List Price: 19.99 AUD Ok, I admit it, I’d kind of let this one slide because really my scan of the blurb made me think – oh, gaming online – so not my kind of thing. WRONG! Because, yes it does revolve around…
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Anisha, Accidental Detective #1 – Serena Patel
Harper Collins Australia June 2020 ISBN: 9781474959520 ISBN 10: 1474959520 Imprint: Usborne – GB List Price: 12.99 AUD Serena Patel wants to do more than entertain with her stories. She is determined to offer her readers insight into the experience of being ‘different’ and in her case that means growing up as a culturally different child in her school…
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Jump – Andrew Plant
Ford St Publishing March 2020 ISBN: 9781925804461 RRP: $16.99 Andrew’s books are always such a joy and this one is no exception. For everyone who has felt as though they didn’t ‘quite fit’ in with everyone else here is the entree to embracing that difference. Stumpy is not like the other Quigs. While they are…
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Pirate Pug: The Dog who Rocked the Boat – Laura James/Eglantine Ceulemans
Bloomsbury Australia February 2019 ISBN 9781408895948 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Series: The Adventures of Pug RRP $12.99 This is the fourth in this hugely funny series for newly independent readers and just as hilarious as the earlier ones. Pug and his owner, Lady Miranda, seem to encounter all kinds of mischief and mishaps whenever…
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The Adventures of Catvinkle – Elliot Perlman
Penguin Random House 9780143786368 October 1, 2018 Puffin RRP $19.99 Well regarded author of adult books Elliot Perlman has ably proven that he can turn his hand just as easily to writing for children with this first book for younger readers. It is delightfully whimsical and carries a literary flavour of its Amsterdam setting…
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Piglettes – Clementine Beauvais
Penguin Random House Imprint: Pushkin Press ISBN 9781782691204 August 2017 RRP $16.99 This superb YA novel deals with some pretty gritty issues like bullying (cyber and real life), self image, identity and family relationships and is one of the most wickedly funny books you’ll read all year. Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are three girls at…
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Artie and the Grime Wave – Written and illustrated by Richard Roxburgh
ISBN: 9781760292140 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Imprint: A & U Children October 2016 RRP $16.99 Ok so Richard Roxburgh is a talented actor and director in both theatre and screen and of course the star of Rake. Now he’s added writing and illustrating to his portfolio in a very successful way. I mean to say,…
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New Boy – Nick Earls
Penguin Australia Puffin Imprint Published: 25/03/2015 Format: Paperback, 176 pages RRP: $14.99 price:AUD $14.99 ISBN-13:9780143308393 Yes, it’s true, Nick Earls is one of my very most favourite authors 🙂 no matter if it’s kid lit or adult fiction. Aside from that, he is such a lovely human and very funny. When he graciously did a…
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Jamie Brown is NOT rich – Adam Wallace
Ford St Publishing ISBN: 9781925000368 Publication date: May 1, 2014 Extent: 186 pages Format: B format paperback Price: $17.95 Category: Humour Age guide: 6 – 10 Kids who love humorous books of the ilk – Diary of a Wimpy Kid, My Life….(Tristan Bancks), Tom Gates and so on – will love meeting Jamie Brown and…
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