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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

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The Book of Dust Volume 2: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

Title: The Book of Dust Volume 2: The Secret Commonwealth Author: Philip Pullman Genre: Fantasy/Mystery/Steampunk Publisher: Penguin Random House/David Fickling Books Published: 3rd October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages:784 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Master storyteller Philip Pullman continues the incredible journey of Lyra Silvertongue in the second volume of The Book of Dust. It is twenty years since… Continue reading The Book of Dust Volume 2: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

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Book Bingo 13 – a book with non-human characters

Book bingo Saturday again - round two, post thirteen of the year for the challenge. To mark off the non-human characters square, I have gone to a book I wrote a quiz for as part of my quiz writer job with Scholastic that fits the category of a book with non-human characters: A book with… Continue reading Book Bingo 13 – a book with non-human characters

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Other Worlds 2: Beast World by George Ivanoff

Title: Other Worlds 2: Beast World Author: George Ivanoff Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Steampunk Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 26th February 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 203 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Xandra finds a key . . . It opens a doorway . . . She and her brother are sucked through . . . Into a crazy world that… Continue reading Other Worlds 2: Beast World by George Ivanoff