Title: Frog Squad 2: Bungle in the Jungle Author: Kate and Jol Temple Genre: Humour Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 4/12/2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Step into a top-secret world where frogs don't just eat flies, they eat danger! This is FROG SQUAD! Alert! When a distress signal comes in from Croakomo Island,… Continue reading Frog Squad 2: Bungle in the Jungle by Kate and Jol Temple
Category: Aussie authors
Bowerbird Brood by Aura Parker
Title: Bowerbird Brood Author: Aura Parker Genre: Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: I am a protector. Always watching, guarding ... and shielding. Bowerbird’s nest is full. These fine eggs, whole and smooth ... the perfect three! But will they hatch? From the creator of the… Continue reading Bowerbird Brood by Aura Parker
Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories by Fin J Ross
Title: Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories Author: Fin J Ross Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 213 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A linguistics expert solves the murder of her mentor. Mrs Hudson foils a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Men keep dying from their own sheer stupidity. A frozen… Continue reading Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories by Fin J Ross
Tilly in a Tangle by Margrete Lamond and Monty Lee
Title: Tilly in a Tangle Author: Margrete Lamond and Monty Lee Genre: Fiction Publisher: Dirt Lane Press/West Words Published: 11th November 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $26.95 Synopsis: When things go wrong, following our instinct yields unexpected results. Tilly works hard at keeping her boat shipshape, striving to retain the approval of those around… Continue reading Tilly in a Tangle by Margrete Lamond and Monty Lee
The Book Club and Other Stories by Natalie Conyer
Title: The Book Club and Other Stories Author: Natalie Conyer Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 202 Price: $32.95 Synopsis: A group of librarians open an S&M club. A Victorian maid disrupts a séance. An older woman stands up for herself. A jewel thief uncovers a love story.… Continue reading The Book Club and Other Stories by Natalie Conyer
Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody
Title: Comes the Night Author: Isobelle Carmody Genre: Fantasy YA Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th October 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 480 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: A superb YA fantasy set in the near future, full of secrets, high stakes, peril, deceptions and dreamwalkers, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles and The… Continue reading Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody
The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
Title: The Midwatch Author: Judith Rossell Genre: Mystery Publisher: Hardie Grant Published: 1st October 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: The biggest children's book of the year! The Midwatch is the long-awaited new middle-grade novel from internationally bestselling author–illustrator Judith Rossell, creator of the multi-award-winning novel Withering-by-Sea.‘The city was stuffed full of wickedness, everyone knew that… Continue reading The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
The Strange Sighting (Alice England #3) by Ash Harrier
Title: The Strange Sighting (Alice England #3) Author: Ash Harrier Genre: Mystery Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 30th January 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 280 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Alice England and her friends are back with a mystery that throws them straight in the deep end. Alice has a special talent. When she touches the belongings of… Continue reading The Strange Sighting (Alice England #3) by Ash Harrier
October 2024 Reading Round Up
During October I read 16 books – not as many as I had hoped, as I had a few things going on and a trip away, but I managed to get in a few good reads, and most were reviewed, apart from one that I struggled with. I have a few things going on over… Continue reading October 2024 Reading Round Up
All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad
Title: All the Beautiful Things Author: Katrina Nannestad Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Published: 30th October 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 352 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: A new heart-wrenching, impeccably researched historical novel for middle-grade readers The Nazis want everyone to be the same. If you're different, you don't belong. Not belonging is dangerous ... Anna's… Continue reading All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad
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