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Mercy Point – Anna Snoekstra
Harper Collins June 2019 ISBN: 9781460709887 ISBN 10: 1460709888 RRP: $19.99 For so many the teen years are times of angst, struggling for self-identity and confidence and feeling that one ‘fits in’. For a group of five young people in the Blue Mountains it’s even more fraught as all of them suspect they may be adopted and…
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Love Lie Repeat – Catherine Greer
Penguin 9780143791225 March 5, 2019 $19.99 I’ve mentioned before that I have in recent times been somewhat disenchanted with many of the YA novels that have come my way. There have been a few exceptions. This one, debut novel and all, is an absolute corker! Annie and her ‘island girls’ (the kind you take with…
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Black Cockatoo – Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Magabala Books Published: Jul 2018 ISBN: 9781925360707 RRP: $11.99 A beautiful novella that explores a coming-of-age experience for a young Aboriginal girl in the remote Kimberley region. Mia is distressed at the increasing distance her brother is putting between himself and family. The growing turbulence within her family is hard for a 13…
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Kensy and Max #2: Disappearing Act – Jacqueline Harvey
Penguin Random House 9780143780632 September 3, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP: $16.99 Twins Kensy and Max are back in another absolutely cracking adventure, which will delight the readers of this new series. The pair has had some time to adjust themselves to their new life as part of the important Pharos organisation, headed…
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Brontide – Sue McPherson
Magabala Books June 2018 ISBN:9781925360929 RRP: $14.99 I often think that if a book leaves you feeling slightly unsettled it must have achieved its goal. This was a quick read so it was done and dusted in one sitting but the reflection afterwards probably took equally as long as the actual reading. This is…
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Found – Fleur Ferris
Random House Australia Children’s 9780143784326 July 2, 2018 RRP $19.99 With her customary skill Fleur’s new novel launches into full-speed adrenaline-rushing action from the outset. Had it not been the end of term and my exhaustion levels peaking I would have binge-read it in one sitting! Seventeen year old Beth Williams has lived all her…
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The Mulberry Tree – Allison Rushby
Walker Books ISBN: 9781760650292 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Release Date: July 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 Immy is not well pleased at moving to England from Sydney. Her mother has a new job which carries some prestige, but her father is floundering – his previous career as a GP slaughtered by a tragedy. Their…
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Missing – Sue Whiting
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781760650032 Imprint: Walker Books Australia March 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 Right from the get-go this novel is full on with its action, mystery and poignancy. Thirteen year old Mackenzie is at a difficult time in her life leaving primary school and off to a private girls’ high school away from…
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Triple Treat: Jacqueline Harvey, Belinda Murrell and R. A. Spratt
Such fun to open parcels with books from the most popular authors in my library – and my literary circle! The titles from this trio are highly sought after among my readers and there is always much exchanging in the returns line up with ‘She had this but I want to borrow it next’.…
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