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The Boy Who Hatched Monsters- T. C. Shelley
Bloomsbury Publishing March 2022 ISBN 9781526600790 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 Sam, half monster/half fairy, has not only that secret to keep but many others. For example, there’s the one about his pack – the gargoyles who protect him, and the one about his school friends, the shape shifters who can change into dogs…
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The Magical Bookshop – Katja Frixe. Illustrated by Florentine Prechtel. Translated by Ruth Ahmedzal Kemp.
Bloomsbury September 2021 Imprint: OneWorld ISBN: 9781786075666 RRP: $14.99 Such a sweet and happy book this is! Translated from the German with great dexterity while retaining just the right amount of that quirkiness of expression that European children’s books often have, this is just a delight from start to finish. Mrs Owl’s bookshop is full…
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Dragon Skin – Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin September 2021 ISBN:9781760526108 Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $19.99 One wouldn’t normally associate the outback mining town of Mt Isa with magic or dragons but Karen Foxlee’s newest novel for middle school readers makes this eminently plausible. How to save a dragon:1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissors.2) Believe…
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The Shadow Arts – Damien Love
Bloomsbury July 2021 Imprint: Rock the Boat ISBN: 9780861540860 RRP: $14.99 A few months ago, Alex’s world changed forever. Now, just when it seems life is almost getting back to normal, his grandfather crashes back into the picture with grave news…Innocent lives – even history itself – could be at stake. Monstrous Devices was one…
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Eliza Vanda’s Button Box – Emily Rodda
Harper Collins Australia May 2021 ISBN: 9781460759608 ISBN 10: 1460759605 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 22.99 AUD Buttons three, attend to me! Take me where I want to be! Emily Rodda returns with her own special brand of sparkling magic inthis delightful new fantasy adventure. Milly Dynes has been a bit down in the dumps of late. She still…
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The Storm Keepers’ Battle: Storm Keeper Trilogy 3 – Catherine Doyle
Bloomsbury Australia March 2021 ISBN: 9781526607966 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 I have loved this series from the very start! The premise is so fresh and different, and full of so many wonderful themes, characters and fabulous magic. Fionn and the Arranmore islanders are under siege from the evil Morrigan, her heinous brothers and…
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Hollowpox: The Trials of Morrigan Crow. Nevermoor #3 – Jessica Townsend
Hachette SEP 29, 2020 | 9780734418241 | RRP $17.99 Huzzah! It has finally arrived! We’ve all been waiting with great impatience but at last the next instalment is here. And what a corker it is! Not only is it gripping and full of new revelations but has most uncanny parallels to our current parlous circumstances. Morrigan is looking forward…
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Never and Forever: Wizards of Once #4 – Cressida Cowell
Hachette Australia SEP 22, 2020 | 9781444956627 | RRP $19.99 While it’s always sad when something wonderful, like this magical series, comes to an end it’s also exciting when the conclusion is so supremely satisfying. Just as she did with the magnificent How to Train Your Dragon series, Cressida Cowell has combined exciting magic, with dangerous and thrilling adventure…
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The Lost Tide Warriors – Catherine Doyle
Bloomsbury September 2019 ISBN: 9781408896907 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Series: The Storm Keeper Trilogy The first in this trilogy The Storm Keeper’s Island was a fantastic read and this sequel equally stacks up in the page-turning excitement department. Fionn Boyle is now six months into his acknowledged role as the new Storm Keeper of…
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