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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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Kensy and Max #4: Out of Sight – Jacqueline Harvey
Penguin September 2019 ISBN: 9780143791928 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 Just as life for the intrepid and resilient twins seems to be settling with both their parents and their grandparents restored to the family, the London house habitable again and being back at school with their friends, things start hotting up. Their upcoming first Pharos review is doubtless a…
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Bear Out There – Jacob Grant
Bloomsbury July 2019 ISBN: 9781526607416 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 We all need a friend who will help us out at times and when that friend goes way beyond their ‘comfort zone’ it’s even more special. Bear and Spider are great friends but they are very different. Spider loves being outdoors with the…
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Toffee – Sarah Crossan
Bloomsbury June 2019 9781526608147 Bloomsbury YA RRP $14.99 Exquisitely, compellingly poignant and haunting, I was so happy that I took this to the hairdresser’s yesterday. It meant I could read it one sitting without feeling guilty about neglected house chores! I am not who I say I am. Marla isn’t who she thinks she is.…
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The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle – Sophie Green
Hachette JUL 23, 2019 | 9780733641169 | RRP $29.99 If you missed The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club which was a runaway success a couple of years ago you must make certain not to neglect this new novel from Sophie Green! Once again readers become heavily invested in the lives of the main characters; Marie,…
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The Pinballs – Betsy Byars
Harper Collins ISBN: 9780062881786 ISBN 10: 0062881787 Imprint: HarperCollins – US July 2019 List Price: 16.99 AUD Now in her 90s award-winning American author Betsy Byars first published The Pinballs in 1977. As I re-read this new edition I wondered if she thought that perhaps the fate of some children might improve over time. It seems that the…
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Alice-Miranda Keeps the Beat (#18) – Jacqueline Harvey
Penguin Random House 9780143786030 June 4, 2019 Puffin RRP $16.99 Jacqueline Harvey knows exactly how to reach those high notes with her readers and the overwhelming popularity of her series, and certainly Alice-Miranda, is proof of that. The tiny girl with the big heart always plays her part in helping others, redressing injustices and…
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