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Starfell: Willow Moss and the Forgotten Tale [Starfell #2]- Dominique Valente
Harper Collins Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9780008308445 ISBN 10: 0008308446 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 16.99 AUD Being the youngest in the family is often a reason for feeling overlooked and somehow lesser and for Willow Moss this is especially true. She is both the youngest and the least magical in her family of witches. Even though in…
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What Stars Are Made Of – Sarah Allen
Penguin Random House April 2020 ISBN: 9780241427965 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 This is just a wonderful heart-warming book on many levels and has introduced me to not only a new author but new information. Libby Malone is 12 years old and passionate about science so much so that she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.…
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Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
Walker Books Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9781406388589 Imprint: Walker Australian RRP: $16.99 By chance, when I found out that the new 20th anniversary edition of Stormbreaker was being released I was ‘re-reading’ it on audio during my commute and relishing the pure adrenalin rush that is the hallmark of the series. Frankly I’d be happy to read Anthony’s…
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Beyond Belief (Heroes of the Holocaust) – Dee White
Scholastic March 2020 Publisher: Scholastic/Omnibus Books ISBN: 9781760662516 RRP $17.99 It may be the holidays and I don’t need to be up at the crack of dawn to get to school but even so for me to read a book cover to cover in one night when I go to bed is pretty much indicative of a…
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The Kid Who Came From Space – Ross Welford
Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9780008333782 ISBN 10: 0008333785 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD This is the second Ross Welford book I have read and reviewed [The 1, 000 Year Old Boy] and once again I am tremendously impressed in his story-telling which takes something unbelievable and makes it completely feasible. A small village in…
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Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror – Natasha Farrant/Lydia Corry
Harper Collins November 2019 ISBN: 9781788541152 ISBN 10: 1788541154 Imprint: Head Of Zeus – Zehpyr – GB List Price: 29.99 AUD Whether you are looking for alternative princesses or fairy tales or just looking for a beautiful book for the Mighty Girls in your readership this stunning gift book ticks all the boxes. When an enchantress prepares for a…
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White Bird: a Wonder Story – R. J. Palacio
Penguin Australia October 2019 ISBN: 9780241397244 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $39.99 Millions of readers have fallen in love with Wonder and its subsequent books and will most likely think of Julian as Auggie’s tormentor but in this first foray into graphic novels Palacio presents a completely different side to the erstwhile bully. Those who have also read Auggie…
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Maple the Brave – Chloe Jasmine Harris
Walker Books May 2019 ISBN: 9781925381924 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $24.99 I feel terrible for taking so long to get to this beautiful book on my vast review pile because it really is a joy (what can I say, it was the term from hell!) Chloe’s debut picture book as both author and illustrator clearly…
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Malamander – Thomas Taylor
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406386288 May 2019 Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 Ok, so I’m a bit slow getting to this one (cue: moving house etc) but it is one not to be missed. Two orphans are brought together in the Grand Nautilus Hotel in a slightly odd town known as Eerie-on-Sea. Herbert Lemon is…
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Pirate Boy of Sydney Town – Jackie French
Harper Collins ISBN: 9781460754795 ISBN 10: 1460754794 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU May 2019 RRP: 16.99 AUD Just a few weeks ago I reviewed the third in Jackie’s Miss Lily series and now it’s another superb historical fiction, plus I have two others on my review shelf. I begin to wonder when the woman sleeps! Her prodigious output, the diversity…
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