Category: middle grade

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The Six Summers of Tash and Leopold by Danielle Binks

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Title: The Six Summers of Tash and Leopold Author: Danielle Binks Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 28th August 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 312 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: A new middle-grade novel for fans of Danielle Binks’ bestselling The Year the Maps Changed and for anyone who enjoys a big, hopeful, coming-of-age middle-grade book that features complicated… Continue reading The Six Summers of Tash and Leopold by Danielle Binks

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Hester Hitchins and the Falling Stars by Catherine Norton

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Title: Hester Hitchins and the Falling Stars Author: Catherine Norton Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 31st July 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 256 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: Navigation skills have many uses, but can they help Hester find her place in the universe? Fans of The Fortune Maker will be sure to love Catherine Norton's enchanting new… Continue reading Hester Hitchins and the Falling Stars by Catherine Norton

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Nerra, Deep Time Traveller: The Winds of Waa by Tasma Walton

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Title: Nerra, Deep Time Traveller: The Winds of Waa Author: Tasma Walton Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st August 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: “Nerra, you are the next Deep Time Traveller, as your great-grandmother was before you.”After discovering that she has the power to travel into the Dreaming, Nerra is… Continue reading Nerra, Deep Time Traveller: The Winds of Waa by Tasma Walton

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July 2024 Reading Round Up

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I didn’t get around to reading as many books in July, but still managed to read sixteen, and have reviewed most of them – some reviews to come in later months. I also completed the mains prompts for the Dymocks Reading Challenge, and am getting lose to finishing my other reading challenges as well. I… Continue reading July 2024 Reading Round Up

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Keedie by Elle McNicoll

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Title: Keedie Author: Elle McNicoll Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st August 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: The highly anticipated prequel to the award-winning A KIND OF SPARK.Before there was Addie, there was Keedie. Five years before the events of A Kind of Spark, Keedie is figuring out how to be… Continue reading Keedie by Elle McNicoll

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Like a Curse by Elle McNicoll

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Title: Like a Curse Author: Elle McNicoll Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Knights Of Published: 1st August 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures that no-one can see... except Ramya Knox.Magic, friendship and sticky situations aplenty, as the adventures of Ramya Knox continue in this delightful sequel to Like… Continue reading Like a Curse by Elle McNicoll

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Hi From Outer Space by Fiona Katauskas

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Title: Hi From Outer Space Author: Fiona Katauskas Genre: Science Fiction, humour Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 30th July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 2732 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: A laugh-out-loud fish-out-of-water story (if that fish was an alien visiting Earth to complete his school project) from an award-winning cartoonist and bestselling children's author. With a whispery… Continue reading Hi From Outer Space by Fiona Katauskas

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The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage by Charlie Archbold

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Title: The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage Author: Charlie Archbold Genre: Adventure Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 30th July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: When you least expect it something surprising will spring out and shock you. Like when you study your dead bug shelf and there’s a live huntsman spider sitting… Continue reading The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage by Charlie Archbold

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Read at Your Own Risk by Remy Lai

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Title: Read at Your Own Risk Author: Remy Lai Genre: Horror/Graphic Novel Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 30th July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: A darkly funny illustrated novel from the Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winning creator of Ghost Book about a young girl who is being haunted by an evil spirit. For fans of… Continue reading Read at Your Own Risk by Remy Lai

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DAVITTS 2024 SHORTLIST

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And now, for the Davitts Shortlist for 2024! There are some great books on the list this year, and the judging team of six people has done an AMAZING job getting this down from 153 books entered to 19 for the shortlist – read more about it here. I was delighted to see Ellie Marney’s… Continue reading DAVITTS 2024 SHORTLIST