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The Better Machine – Lisa Nicol & Michel Streich
Scholastic Australia October 2026 ISBN : 9781761640704 RRP: $26.99 Is better always better? That’s a question that will be the focus of any discussion after this book is read – whether it’s shared to Preppies or to seniors or to adults, it is a natural follow-on philosophical debate. In a world where so many are…
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Oxford Blood — Rachel Davis Featherstone
Walker Books Synchronicity yet again. For one thing my other YA review for Halloween is also dark academia, full of privilege vs scholarship, ruthlessness, power-hungry educational institutions, murder/s, set in an elite institution. And, also, as I’ve just re-read via audiobook The Book of Dust #1 & #2 and the setting of Oxford with references…
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Comes the Night – Isobelle Carmody
Allen & Unwin October 2024 ISBN:9781760294762 Awards: Shortlisted, Best Young Adult Fiction, Indie Book Awards, 2025, AU Imprint:A&U Children’s RRP: $24.99 In a future Canberra, the citizens are protected and insulated under domes, safe from extreme weather, solar radiation and all the after-effects caused by recklessness of previous generations. They are also guarded from civil…
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We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-year-old Overlord – Garth Nix
Allen & Unwin October 2024 ISBN:9781761180491 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children You know as soon as you hold a new Garth Nix book that you are in for a treat. Usually a creepy, oft-bizarre and freakish treat, but a treat none-the-less. Your readers who are into such vibes as Stranger Things, The X-Files, Wednesday,…
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Pirates of Darksea – Catherine Doyle
Bloomsbury Australia June 2024 ISBN 9781526655103 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $16.99 I fell in love with Catherine Doyle’s writing with The Stormkeeper trilogy and when the ARC arrived for this – many months ago- I devoured it with just as much enthusiasm – and this review has been scheduled since then!! This is an…
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