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March 2024 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

In March, I read 25 books, some quite ahead of time for review in my attempt to stay on track of things. I completed the first part of the Dymocks Reading Challenge and made good progress on my other reading challenges. One book had a male and a female author, so it was able to… Continue reading March 2024 Reading Round Up

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Those Girls by Pamela Rushby

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Title: Those Girls Author: Pamela Rushby Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Walker Books Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: New, from award-winning historical novelist, Pamela Rushby, exploring the roles, and struggles, of women in wartimeThe poster had a picture of a tanned, healthy girl, wearing a regulation uniform hat and shorts… Continue reading Those Girls by Pamela Rushby

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Fledgewitch: A Dragons of Hallow Book by Lian Tanner

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Title: Fledgewitch: A Dragons of Hallow Book Author: Lian Tanner Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: There are no witches, no dragons and no secrets in Quill, so how can Brim be trapped in the School for Prevention of Witches with Rose, a royal… Continue reading Fledgewitch: A Dragons of Hallow Book by Lian Tanner

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The Lighthouse at the World’s End by Amy Sparkes

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Title: The Lighthouse at the World’s End Author: Amy Sparkes Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Adventurous, magical, and brilliantly funny final book in the House at the Edge of Magic series.Nine and her friends are headed to the mortal realm in search of the only thing… Continue reading The Lighthouse at the World’s End by Amy Sparkes

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Seed to Sky: Life in the Daintree by Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli

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Title: Seed to Sky: Life in the Daintree Author: Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Walker Books Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: Nature StorybooksEvery wonderful word is true!In the oldest rainforest on Earth, on the oldest continent, a seed falls to the ground.Over hundreds of years, the… Continue reading Seed to Sky: Life in the Daintree by Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli

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Tearaway Coach by Neridah McMullin and Andrew McLean

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Title: Tearaway Coach Author: Neridah McMullin and Andrew McLean Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Walker Books Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: When Fenton and his father catch the coach to Geelong, they have no idea that their driver of the team of powerful horses is the famous Edward Devine -… Continue reading Tearaway Coach by Neridah McMullin and Andrew McLean

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Penny Draws a Secret Adventure by Sara Shephard

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Title: Penny Draws a Secret Adventure Author: Sara Shephard Genre: Fiction Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Little by little, Penny Lowry is making it through grade five—with a bit of help from her friends and her loveable dog, Cosmo. There’s a lot of change to deal… Continue reading Penny Draws a Secret Adventure by Sara Shephard

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The Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster by Kate and Jol Temple

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Title: The Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster Author: Kate and Jol Temple, Shiloh Gordon Genre: Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 3rd April 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! Frog Squad comes to the rescue of a… Continue reading The Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster by Kate and Jol Temple

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Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

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Title: Ferris Author: Kate DiCamillo Genre: Ghost story Publisher: Walker Books Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 240 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The masterful Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother and growing up.It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris… Continue reading Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

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Let’s Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams

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Title: Let’s Never Speak of This Again Author: Megan Williams Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 29th August 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $24.99 Synopsis:  Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022  Shortlisted, Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2024  Commended, Book of… Continue reading Let’s Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams