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Freefall: Kensy & Max #5 –– Jacqueline Harvey
Published: 3 March 2020 ISBN: 9780143796985 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 Hold onto your seats for another major adrenalin rush in this new top-notch adventure of twins Kensy and Max, young agents-in-training! In this latest episode there is a continuing thread from the previous book in which a thoroughly evil villain was unmasked. The outwardly charming Dash Chalmers has…
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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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Tulip and Brutus – Liz Ledden/Andrew Plant
Ford St Publishing October 2019 9781925804348 $14.99 This is such a perfect book for going back to school time as small children find themselves in a classroom full of disparate personalities and temperaments – many of them for the first time. Tulip and her ladybird friends live in the flowers and play in the sunshine…
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The Secrets of Magnolia Moon – Edwina Wyatt. Illustrated by Katherine Quinn
Walker Books November 1, 2019 ISBN: 9781760651541 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $21.99 The first word that popped into my head whilst reading this was ‘whimsical’ so it was no surprise to read the publisher’s blurb to find that was their choice of descriptor as well. I found myself thinking I could sense…
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The Besties – Felice Arena and Tom Jellett
We all know how hungrily those newly independent readers gobble up their favourite series of easy chapter books and we also know that there are times when we struggle to find them the ‘next series’ on which to embark. This super new series from a highly talented pairing is going to tick a lot…
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Nop – Caroline Magerl
Walker Books November 2019 ISBN: 9781760651251 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $28.99 I’d like to introduce you to Tedward who has been my constant companion for 62 years and 2 months. He was given to me for my first Christmas when I was two months old. He no longer has much left of his…
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Boy Giant: Son of Gulliver – Michael Morpurgo
Harper Collins September 2019 ISBN: 9780008347925 ISBN 10: 0008347921 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 19.99 AUD And the master has done it again! Morpurgo has drawn on Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels as his inspiration for this latest exploration of human nature, political unrest and compassion. Omar has fled war-torn Afghanistan with his mother in a race for survival.…
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Beverly, Right Here – Kate diCamillo
Walker Books ISBN: 9781406391633 Imprint: Walker September 2019 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 Without a doubt this is the happiest review I’ve ever written. Not just because it’s another fabulous book from this much-loved author, nor just that it continues the story of Raymie, Louisiana and Beverly but for a far more personal reason. My review copy…
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