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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Mirror’ (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books)
In a time when the portrayal of Muslim people by Western media often provokes fear, this book attempts to break the xenophobia by showing children that they don’t need to be afraid of people who are...
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare Cassandra Clare, author of ‘The Mortal Instruments’ series, answers a few questions… What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? This prequel to ‘The Mortal Instruments’...
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BOOK REVIEW: For All Creatures (Glenda Millard, illus by Rebecca Cool, Walker...
This second collaboration from the creators of the award-winning picture book Isabella’s Garden is a winner in my book. It reads like a prayer of thankfulness, straight from the pages of Glenda...
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BOOK REVIEW: Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot (Anna Branford, illus by Sarah...
Violet Mackerel is a girl with theories. She has theories on how to wear your pyjama pants out without anyone noticing and theories about finding small things. But because of a lack of funds and a...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Truth about Verity Sparks (Susan Green, Walker Books)
The Truth about Verity Sparks is an engaging mystery for the 10-plus age group. Set in the late 1800s, it concerns Verity Sparks, a lowly hat maker in class-ridden London. Verity lives a meagre...
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BOOK REVIEW: Vampyre (Margaret Wild, illus by Andrew Yeo, Walker Books)
Margaret Wild is a deservedly admired and awarded Australian picture-book author, and her collaboration with significant new talent Andrew Yeo has produced the wonderful Vampyre. Ostensibly a tale...
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BOOK REVIEW: Equinox: The Rosie Black Chronicles Book 2 (Lara Morgan, Walker...
In Newperth after The Melt, brackish water, disease-carrying mosquitoes and lab-generated food does nothing to brighten life for lowly Bankers and Ferals who live in fear of dying from the disease...
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BOOK REVIEW: Losing Turtle (Adrienne Frater, illus by Cat Chapman, Walker Books)
Losing Turtle is a younger reader novel containing three stories, all revolving around the character of Sam, his family and friends. In the first story, ‘Losing Turtle’, Sam has to cope with feeling...
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BOOK REVIEW: Love Notes from Vinegar House (Karen Tayleur, Walker Books)
Family secrets. A cursed house. Things that go bump in the night … Freya Kramer doesn’t believe in ghosts. Not really. But spending her holidays at Vinegar House might just change her mind. The last...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Colour of Trouble (Gerry Bobsien, Walker Books)
Fifteen-year-old Maddy has synaesthesia, which means her senses are cross-wired and she sees sounds and tastes colour. As an artist, it gives her a unique take on the world, but more than anything, she...
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BOOK REVIEW: Black Spring (Alison Croggon, Walker Books)
Black Spring is a dark, gothic tale inspired by Wuthering Heights. In this fantasy version of 19th-century England, some people are born with magical powers. However, only the male babies who show...
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BOOK REVIEW: Bad Grammar (Nathan Luff, Walker Books)
Marcus is a great warrior—a dragonslayer! At least, he is online. Gaming is the one place he feels at home since his only friend Bashir moved to India, a fact his parents just don’t understand. After...
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BOOK REVIEW: You Don’t Even Know (Sue Lawson, Walker Books)
Stuck in hospital after an accident he can’t remember, Alex is forced to try to put together the events that led him to this moment, starting with the terrible loss that is threatening to tear him...
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BOOK REVIEW: Creatures of Magic (Maree Fenton-Smith, illus by Lilly Piri,...
When Anna’s new neighbours move in, all she hopes for is a family with a girl her own age to play with. She certainly doesn’t imagine that the Brown family will introduce her to a whole new world...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Catier Emerald: Kitten Kaboodle Mission 1 (Eileen O’Hely,...
Kitten Kaboodle, known as Buttons to his clueless owner, is a white and ginger tabby who also happens to be the number one secret agent at the CAT (Clandestine Activity Taskforce). This honey-coloured...
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