JT: The Making of a Total Legend is a wonderful book. It is an autobiography written by footballer Johnathan Thurston and James Phelps. This book is about the highs and lows of Johnathan Thurston trying to get into the NRL. You get to hear about the funny home stories that made him great. This is …
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LeBron
“LeBron” by Jeff Benedict is a biography about the life of LeBron James leading up to his career in the NBA. Benedict covers everything from when LeBron was growing up to when he was signing endorsement deals before being drafted into the NBA! There are some interesting stories and pieces of LeBron’s life that not …
Moonwalk
This is an amazing autobiography because of the detail about Michael Jackson’s life growingup as a child star, to becoming the world-renowned “King of Pop”. It’s insane the work thathe had to put in to become what he is. This book talks about the making of his albums andthe people he worked with along the …
Against All Odds
Did you know that a whole soccer team was trapped in a cave with the water coming in, and there was a race against time to rescue them? It’s not a story, it happened in real life! Against All Odds was really exciting because there was a lot of tension. It was nerve wracking that …
The Hard Way
The Hard Way, by Konrad Marshall, is a story about the Richmond Tigers and their journey through‘Hub Life’ during the 2020 COVID-infected year. It was a hard year in 2020, especially in the AFL, with the delay of the football season. Marshall was inside the clubrooms and coach’s box, interviewing the players. His book provided …
Tell Me Why for Young Adults
Archie Roach’s ‘Tell Me Why?’ tells us about the life of Archie Roach, who is one of Australia’s best known indigenous musicians. It was a really insightful look into the life of a man who was part of the stolen generation, although he does not remember much. The book shows the evolution of his life …
Out of Hiding
This book is so convincing it tells the true story of Ruth Gruener who survived the Holocaust and moved to America as an immigrant. Ruth’s story is really inspirational and brave. This story will blow your mind by how strong girls can be. Ruth had to live through so much and we have no idea …
All About Time
This book is called “All About Time.” I was really excited to learn about time. The best thing about this book was that it was like someone was actually speaking to you. This made it more interesting and intriguing. I did think that it was a bit too long in places but there were many …
Show Me The Money
This book is about the people who are on the Australian notes. I was excited to see the contents page in the book because it had the names of the famous people on the notes. The interesting part was that they included the stories behind these famous people, and what they had achieved to get their names and pictures printed on the notes.
All About Graphs
This wonderful book explains about the different types of graphs and how we can collect and use the information we put into them. Along the way, there is an adorable dog named Arlo. There are lots of opportunities to have a go at the graphs yourself using data collected by Arlo’s owners.