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Anti-Racism Kit: A Guide to High School Students

June 8, 2025

Jinyoung Kim & Sabina Patawaran (text) and Emma Iamawi (illustrator), Anti-Racism Kit: a guide for high school students, Hardie Grant […]

definitions, discrimination, illustrated chapter books, intergenerational trauma, middle years non fiction, non fiction book, older readers, Racism, unconscious bias

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Intermediate Readers LGBTQIA+

Wildlands

June 8, 2025

Brogen Murphy, Wildlands, Puffin, March 2025, 402 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780241728109 This is a dystopian novel. Set in

animal poaching, danger, environmental protection, family, re-wilding, set in the near future, siblings, Sisters, survival, UKYA

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Getting Dusty (Uncle XBox #2)

May 28, 2025

Jared Thomas, Getting Dusty (Uncle XBox #2), Magabala Books, February 2025, 108 pp, RRP $17.95 (pbk), ISBN 9781922777546 This is

Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal life, book in a series, Bullying, Community, connection to Country, family, fighting, intermediate readers, Soccer, sporty, stereotyping, walking on country, Younger Readers

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The Last Seed Keeper (The Last Seed Keeper #1)

May 25, 2025

Paul Russell The Last Seed Keeper (The Last Seed Keeper #1), EK Books, March 2025, 232 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk),

call to action, climate fiction, corruption, Dystopian, Environmental preservation, first book in a series, friendship, middle fiction, overcoming challenges, Secrets, the future

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Information Books Intermediate Readers Older Readers Reviews

Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years (Teen Edition)

May 22, 2025

Philippa Gregory, Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years, HarperCollins, March 2025, 288 pp., RRP $22.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008725075 Historical

adapted for younger readers, Biographical, non fiction book, women in history

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Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady

May 21, 2025

Dianne Wolfer, Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady, Fremantle Press, March 2025, 160 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760995270 Dianne Wolfer

Aviation, Biography, family, Historical, middle non-fiction, Nurses, polio vaccines, set in the 1950s, set in Western Australia, Women pilots, Younger Readers

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Sweet Home: Stories of Country and Family

May 17, 2025

Stuart Martin (the glue) and Students of the Dawurr Boarding School (text) and Daydae Yunupingu (illustrator), Sweet Home: Stories of

Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal life, Aboriginal stories, Boarding school, humour, real life events, remote Australia, Short stories, walking on country

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Little Bones

May 17, 2025

Sandy Bigna, Little Bones, University of Queensland Press, March 2025, 256 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702268878 In Sandy Bigna’s

absent mother, Empathy, friendship, grief and loss, hope and healing, non binary, Verse novel

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Washpool

May 15, 2025

Lisa Fuller, Washpool, Lothian Children’s Books, February 2025, 275 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780734420756 Sisters Cienna and Bella love

Aboriginal people, Aboriginal stories, Australian fantasy, Bullying, discrimination, family, fantasy, First Nations, magical creatures, resilience, siblings, Sisters

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Intermediate Readers Picture Books Reviews

The Steadfast Tin Soldier in the Land of the Yōkai

May 14, 2025

Jules Ober and Pierre-Jacques Ober, The Steadfast Tin Soldier in the Land of the Yōkai, Little Soldier Stories, April 2025,

danger, Fairy Tale Retelling, Japanese culture, Japanese setting, jealousy, middle fiction, photographic images, picture book, showing bravery, survival, Younger Readers

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Hello my name is Ruby Philpott, my mother is Cath Pownall, Eve Pownall is my great grandmother. Thank you for…

This book is one of the best books I've ever read. Scarlett's story is heartbreaking yet heartwarming all at the…

I really like this book

i am reading this book for home work and it is so intriguing and i want to be like scoop…

It was a really good book I loved reading it