This book is a traditional, classic English piece of literature. The author, Frances Hodgson Burnett, aimed this book at children but adults would also enjoy it. This compelling book is set in Yorkshire, England. The focus of the plot is how Mary Lennox’s personality changes from a sour, spoilt little girl to someone who adores …
Brighton Grammar
The Space Between Worlds
The Space Between Worlds is an epic novel about other universes. In this dystopian world, multiverse travel is possible but your counterpart on a world must have died before you can visit it. Cara, the main character, has died on over 300 worlds and is thus hired as a traverser who investigates and explores the …
The Fire Star – A Maven & Reeve Mystery
The Fire Star is a mystery genre book about a missing jewel. There are two main characters, Maven and Reeve. The perspective alternates between them in each chapter. Reeve is a squire to a knight and Maven is a maid to the lady who will marry the knight. The lady’s dowry is a big jewel …
Beyond Belief
Beyond Belief is a half-fictitious novel based on World War 2. Set in Paris, the story follows a young boy Ruben who is hiding from the Nazis with his parents in their cellar. When too dangerous for them to stay, Ruben’s mum takes him to the Grand Mosque, to be looked after with many other …
Bindi
Bindi is written in verse style. It’s about an 11-year-old girl, called Bindi, who hates math, because she doesn’t understand it at all. Bindi loves art and her art classes and hockey. Where she lives, they get a lot of bushfires. The bushfires happen often. Bindi also plays hockey with her friends; they have good …
A Glasshouse of Stars
In this unique book, the author, Shirley Marr took a wild dive off the traditional layout for stories and wrote the entire book in second person. Being in second person, you are immersed into the story as if it was happening to you. It tells the story of a little girl who has just immigrated …