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R.I.P. Nanny Tobbins by Lucie Stevens

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Title: R.I.P. Nanny Tobbins Author: Lucie Stevens Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 4th June 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: A quirky and very funny middle-grade fantasy title that is perfect for fans of A Girl Called Corpse and Nevermoor. When Nanny Tobbins fell off a horse and broke her neck, the grown-ups told… Continue reading R.I.P. Nanny Tobbins by Lucie Stevens

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Portraits of Celina (10th anniversary edition) by Sue Whiting

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Title: Portraits of Celina (10th anniversary edition) Author: Sue Whiting Genre: Mystery, Ghost Stories Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st September 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A haunting and page-turning classic from an award-winning author.It’s as if the wooden chest is luring me, urging me to open it – daring me almost. Open… Continue reading Portraits of Celina (10th anniversary edition) by Sue Whiting

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Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

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Title: Sixteen Souls Author: Rosie Talbot Genre: Supernatural/Ghost story Publisher: Scholastic Australia/UK Published: 1st December 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Someone is stripping Europe’s most haunted city of its spirits. When self-destructive, 16-year-old seer, Charlie Frith, realises that one of his own ghostly friends has gone missing, he must put aside his… Continue reading Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

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The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow by Kate Gordon

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Title: The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow Author: Kate Gordon Genre: Fiction Publisher: University of Queensland Publishing Published: 29th March 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: When Jackdaw Hollow is orphaned by a lightning strike, he is taken in by the headmistress of Direleafe Hall. Even though he grows up with her love and… Continue reading The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow by Kate Gordon

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The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

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Title: The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die Author: Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Genre: Fiction Publisher: John Murray Press Published: 9th July 2019 Format: Hardcover Pages: 170 Price: $27.99 Synopsis:At eighteen, Somlata married into the Mitras: a once noble Bengali household whose descendants have taken to pawning off the family gold to keep up appearances. When Pishima, the embittered… Continue reading The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay