Title: Michaela Mason’s Big List of Camp Worries Author: Alexa Moses Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st August 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: I’m not good at CAMP. In fact, CAMP involves a gazillion horrible things I’m bad at or scared of. But trying to explain why I’m scared of CAMP… Continue reading Michaela Mason’s Big List of Camp Worries by Alexa Moses
Tag: Australian authors
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Title: Looking for Alibrandi Author: Melina Marchetta Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Penguin/Puffin Published: 5th October 1992 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Multi-award-winning, a bestseller and made into an award-winning feature film, Looking for Alibrandi has become a modern classic. Melina Marchetta's stunning debut novel Looking for Alibrandi is one girl's story of her final year at school, a year she sets herself… Continue reading Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Happy Hoppy Home by Tull Suwannakit
Title: Happy Hoppy Home Author: Tull Suwannakit Genre: Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st August 2021 Format: Hardcover Pages: 24 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Ages 3+ · A sweet story about finding the right house . . . the perfect home might be closer than you think! · Delightful text paired with captivating, heart- warming illustrations… Continue reading Happy Hoppy Home by Tull Suwannakit
Ella at Eden: Camp Midnight by Laura Sieveking
Title: Ella at Eden: Camp Midnight Author: Laura Sieveking Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st April 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: The girls from Eden College are going on a camping trip to Mount Midnight National Park. Ella is nervous but excited about camping in a tent in the middle of… Continue reading Ella at Eden: Camp Midnight by Laura Sieveking
The Wolf’s Howl: A Maven and Reeve Mystery by A.L. Tait
Title: The Wolf’s Howl: A Maven and Reeve Mystery Author: A.L. Tait Genre: Fantasy, Mystery Publisher: Puffin Australia Published: 3rd August 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Bestselling author A. L. Tait is back with the next Maven and Reeve Mystery. A secret mission.A missing cook.A hostile landscape.A mystery to unravel. Maven and… Continue reading The Wolf’s Howl: A Maven and Reeve Mystery by A.L. Tait
Just Murdered (Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries by Katherine Kovacic
Title: Just Murdered (Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Author: Katherine Kovacic Genre: Crime, Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd of August 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: Introducing the fabulous Ms Peregrine Fisher, niece of the famous Phryne Fisher, as seen on 7plus and Acorn tv 'A splendid read, with an… Continue reading Just Murdered (Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries by Katherine Kovacic
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
Title: Sugar Town Queens Author: Malla Nunn Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd August 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 312 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: From the award-winning author of the CBCA shortlisted When the Ground is Hard, comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and an uplifting story of how friendship saves and heals. Fifteen-year-old… Continue reading Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
Reading Round Up July 2021
July saw me head back to my job as a quiz writer, which I do from home. This means more reading, and like my reviewing, can see me reading books ahead of release as I work to get resources ready for the upcoming school term. This means more books will be read each month, but… Continue reading Reading Round Up July 2021
The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Baffling Bully by Katrina Nannestad
Title: The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Baffling Bully Author: Katrina Nannestad Genre: Contemporary Publisher: ABC Books/HarperCollins Australia Published: 28th July 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The right book might just change your life ... Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse… Continue reading The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Baffling Bully by Katrina Nannestad
Hello World by Lisa Shanahan
Title: Hello World Author: Lisa Shanahan Genre: Fiction Publisher: ABC Children’s Books Published: 28th July 2021 Format: Hardcover Pages: 24 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: See the world through the eyes of a toddler, with this perfect new picture book from much-loved pair Lisa Shanahan and Leila Rudge. The sun is up and so is one gorgeous… Continue reading Hello World by Lisa Shanahan
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