Title: The Offline Diaries as told by Ade and Shanice Author: Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené Genre: Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 6th July 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The major new middle-grade series from the authors of Slay in Your Lane is here! A universal story of friendship, falling out and… Continue reading The Offline Diaries as told by Ade and Shanice by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené
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The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
Title: The Light in Everything Author: Katya Balen Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 5th July 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: This is the story of Tom and Zofia.Tom is quiet and careful and is only just starting to feel safe, even though his dad has been in jail for nearly two… Continue reading The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
QBD Reading Challenge 2022
This year I participated in the QBD Reading Challenge again and managed to complete it all within six months. Some categories were easier to fill than others, but what I like about this challenge is that the categories are always open and not overly prescriptive, which means it is easier to find books. Challenges like… Continue reading QBD Reading Challenge 2022
When Only One by Meg Gatland-Veness
Title: When Only One Author: Meg Gatland-Veness Genre: Fiction Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 31st May 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: ‘There’s someone in the school. Someone who’s not supposed to be there. This person is walking towards the classroom. They’re holding something in their hands. Something terrifying.’ Sam lives with his mum,… Continue reading When Only One by Meg Gatland-Veness
Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
Title: Bravely Author: Maggie Stiefvater Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st April 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Merida goes on an all-new, life-changing adventure in this original YA novel set several years after the close of Brave! What if you had one year to save everything you loved? One Princess.… Continue reading Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
Title: The Agathas Author: Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson Genre: Crime Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 4th May 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Welcome to Castle Cove —a town cursed with missing girls,bad boyfriends, family secrets,and some very steep cliffs. Last summer, Alice Ogilvie's basketball-star boyfriend, Steve, dumped her. Then she disappeared for… Continue reading The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
A Rebel in Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather
Title: A Rebel in Auschwitz Author: Jack Fairweather Genre: Biography Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2022 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a… Continue reading A Rebel in Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather
Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup by Andy Sagar
Title: Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup Author: Andy Sagar Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orion/Hachette Published: 22nd February 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 340 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: When strangeling girl Yesterday Crumb discovers a magical, walking teashop, she feels like she belongs for the first time - until her new life comes crashing down. With… Continue reading Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup by Andy Sagar
45 and 47 Stella Street by Elizabeth Honey
Title: 45 and 47 Stella Street Author: Elizabeth Honey Genre: Humour Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 1995 Format: Paperback Pages: 180 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Elizabeth Honey's first, best-selling junior adventure story, about a gang of kids who expose a money-laundering scam. Here's 11-year-old Henni's original version of what her gang did when The Phonies moved… Continue reading 45 and 47 Stella Street by Elizabeth Honey
Social Queue by Kay Kerr
Title: Social Queue Author: Kay Kerr Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 28th September 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs. Zoe Kelly is starting a new phase of her life. High school was a mess of bullying… Continue reading Social Queue by Kay Kerr
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