These Unhallowed Halls by Lili Wilkinson ISBN: 9781760631673 Publication Date: Feb 18, 2025 Reviewer: Amelia MacD When Paige receives a scholarship to Agathion, a school for gifted students, she takes it as a welcome excuse to leave her hometown. When she gets to the cold, unwelcoming Agitathion College, she realises something isn’t right. With …
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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi ISBN:9781761066733 Publication Date: September 28, 2021 Reviewer: Pippa D Shatter Me is set in a futuristic version of Earth as we know it. The Reestablishment has taken over and forced people into new ways of living. The protagonist Juliette must break free of the asylum she is being kept in …
Alex : Through My Eyes – Australian Disaster Zones by Rosanne Hawke
Title: Alex Author: Rosanne Hawke Publisher: Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760877002 Pub Date: 2023 Rating: ★★★★ (4/5) Alex by Rosanne Hawke is a touching and powerful story about a young boy living on a farm during a long drought in South Australia. The main character, Alex, is 13 years old and lives with his mum, dad, and his dog …
Max : a novel by Prue Mason
Title: Max – a novel Author: Prue Mason Publisher: A&U Children’s IBSN: 978-1760877033 This story is about a Year 7 Aussie boy named Max who lives with his parents at Windsor, Brisbane. He has a talent for Aussie Rules Football and plays a bit of cricket. He likes to play with his mates at the …
Huda Was Here
This story is about a girl called Huda and her journey to get her dad a job. Huda’s dad, Ibrahim, used to work as a security officer for a neighbourhood, however, because crime was no longer a problem in the neighbourhood, the community didn’t need his services. Huda thought of an idea to cause mischief …
Our Family Dragon
In ‘Our Family Dragon’ by Rebecca Lim and Cai Tse, readers are immersed in a world of Chinese culture, family and tradition. Set in the perspective of a young boy and his family, the reader is taken through the celebration of Lunar New Year. I enjoyed the flowy and articulate language that Rebecca has used …
Lyla: Through My Eyes
Lyla, written by Fleur Beale, is a moving book. It explores the danger of being in the middle of an earthquake. This story centers on a 14-year-old girl who lives in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. She loves nothing more than spending time with her friends, until an awful earthquake devastates her city and …
We Didn’t Think It Through
The book ‘We Didn’t Think It Through’ was very well written and Jamie’s story was easy to follow. Most of the characters were likeable however one of his friends that he trusted the most got the three of them into a mess that landed them in a tough spot. Jamie’s journey felt realistic as he …
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
The second instalment of a thrilling new young adult fantasy series by Australian author Garth Nix, The Sinister Booksellers of Bath continues the story of The Left-handed Booksellers of London. Set in an alternate 1980s London, a few months after the events of the first book, become reintroduced to the wonderfully strange extended family of …
We Could Be Something
“We Could Be Something” by Will Kostakis is a story about love and choice, about choice to love,about accepting and giving love from others and to others. It is also a cozy place you want to returnwith its special atmosphere of a Greek café with a charismatic owner Gina, grandma of Harvey, whomakes “all the …