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Red Day – Sandy Fussell
Walker Books Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9781760651886 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 It seems very apt to be reviewing Sandy Fussell’s latest book today as we commemorate ANZAC Day albeit in a very different way to the usual events. This is a very powerful story which blends contemporary life in small…
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Lilies, Lies and Love (Book #4 Miss Lily) – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9781460754986 ISBN 10: 1460754980 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 29.99 AUD When this arrived (and after all, I’d only been waiting for it impatiently since the moment of finishing book #3) I told myself I would not gobble it up like a kid eating lollies. *Laughs hysterically* As if! Three nights later…..…
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White Bird: a Wonder Story – R. J. Palacio
Penguin Australia October 2019 ISBN: 9780241397244 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $39.99 Millions of readers have fallen in love with Wonder and its subsequent books and will most likely think of Julian as Auggie’s tormentor but in this first foray into graphic novels Palacio presents a completely different side to the erstwhile bully. Those who have also read Auggie…
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The National Archives: World War II The Story Behind the War that Divided the World – Nick Hunter
Bloomsbury ISBN: 9781526605580 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $17.99 Given the continued interest shown by young people in the history of the World Wars, not to mention those students who are studying this period of modern history, this book is a valuable addition to any shelves. Nick Hunter holds a degree in modern history and…
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The Lily in the Snow: Book #3 Miss Lily – Jackie French
Harper Collins March 2019 ISBN: 9781460753842 ISBN 10: 1460753844 RRP 29.99 AUD We devotees of Miss Lily have been waiting fairly impatiently for her return and I was thrilled when my copy arrived and immediately started immersing myself once more into the world of Sophie, Nigel and Miss Lily. However packing and moving house followed up by three…
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Dolls of War – Shirley Parenteau
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9780763690694 Imprint: Candlewick Release Date: February 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 This is another charming book in the ‘Friendship Dolls’ series. The last one I reviewed examined the narrative from a Japanese girl’s perspective when the American dolls were coming as gifts of friendship to her country. This one takes another…
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The Dollmaker of Krakow – R. M. Romero
Penguin Random House Sep 2017 | 336 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) ISBN: 9781406375633 ISBN-10: 1406375632 RRP $24.99 There is war. There is pain. But there is magic and there is hope. I’ve read many books both fictional and non-fiction concerning World War II and particularly the horror of the Holocaust but never have I read one that…
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I am Sasha – Anita Selzer
Penguin Random House April 2018 9790143785743 RRP $17.99 Some triumphant recounts of survival against all odds have come out of the horror of the Holocaust. I am always humbled in admiration for those who endured such deprivation, suffering, cruelty and pain with courage and dignity and who rose from the basest of treatment to resume…
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