Shelftalkers has been established by SLAV as a platform for young people, at both primary and secondary school level, who love books and reading. It offers a home for the sharing of written reviews with their peers and also an insight into the opinions of others.

Shelftalkers has been established by SLAV as a platform for young people, at both primary and secondary school level, who love books and reading. It offers a home for the sharing of written reviews with their peers and also an insight into the opinions of others.

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This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada Publication Date: November 2, 2017 ISBN: 9780141379272 Reviewer: Cara G This Mortal Coil is set in the future, when there has been a virus outbreak and humanity is hiding in bunkers. However, Catarina has a rare allergy meaning it’s impossible for her to join a bunker, and she discovers …

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens Publication Date: 27 June 2016 ISBN: 9780141369792 Reviewer: Maybelle D Arsenic For Tea features schoolgirl detectives Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells as they solve the chilling murder of one of Daisy’s house guests. Isolated due to floods, they’re stuck in Daisy’s home, Fallingford, for the holidays. With the whole …

Being Jimmy Baxter

Being Jimmy Baxter is a captivating book, perfect for young, adventurous readers. The story is about a boy named Jimmy Branthwaite, who runs away from his father with his mum and arrives in a town called Mungo Creek. Here at Mungo Creek, Jimmy settles down to make a new life with new friends, a new …

Fish in a Tree

The plot of this story involves seeing Ally grow into being able to ask for help. We read about how much one person helped Ally with being  more confident and loving of herself. She was also crowned class president, after help, during the speech from Mr Daniel. The language used in this book wasn’t too …

Detention

Detention is an amazing whisk of adventure with a little hint of bravery and madness. In the chaos of a detention escape, Sima loses her family among 50 others who have planned to escape. Sima hears her father’s voice “run”, and she ends up in a boys’ school toilet block. Dan, finds Sima and offers her help… …

Scar Town

Scar Town is an enjoyable book that really hooks the reader in at the first page. This book is really something I have never read before. It is one of the best, I’d say. The book has a big plot twist with Will’s family and is full of murder, mystery, and betrayal. Scar Town is …

Runner

Runner written by Robert Newton is a fantastic book is set in 1919, where a Melbourne boy called Charlie, finds himself with the prime job of running for one of the most dangerous gangster’s, Squizzy Taylor. Charlie is faced with dangerous situations which consistently kept me hooked. Charlie realizes his passion for running and he …

You’ll Be the Death of Me

‘You’ll Be the Death of Me’, written Karen M. McManus, is about three kids, Ivy, Cal, and Mateo, who skip a day of school. Little did they know someone would get murdered… You should read this book because it has a great deal of suspense and McManus describes Mateo really attractively. Each chapter is written …