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All the Beautiful Things

May 12, 2025

Katrina Nannestad (text) & Martina Heiduczek (illustrator), All the Beautiful Things, ABC Books AU, October 2024, 352 pp., RRP $24.99 […]

bravery, discrimination, family, Historical fiction, Loyalty, persecution, resilience, World War II

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The Bee Squad: Boosting Biodiversity in your Neighbourhood

May 6, 2025

Judy Friedlander, The Bee Squad: Boosting biodiversity in your neighbourhood, NewSouth Publishing, February 2025, 208 pp., RRP $27.99 (pbk), ISBN

australian flora and fauna, biodiversity, citizen science, Community, Environmental preservation, native species, practical tips, project for scientists, sustainability

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The Haunting of Fortune Farm

May 2, 2025

KIRTLEY, Sophie, The Haunting of Fortune Farm. Bloomsbury, January 2025, 336 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781526642783 Reader beware! This

adventure, family, Ghosts, Grandmothers, grief and loss, healing, middle fiction, missing sibling, siblings, spooky story, Treasure

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Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story

April 30, 2025

James Foley, Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story, Fremantle Press, March 2025, 40 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760994983 The

conflict, Culture, Growth, History, humour, love story, nature of war, picture book, social issues, Tolerance, understanding

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Fallout

April 27, 2025

Lesley Parr, Fallout, Bloomsbury, October 2024, 352 pp., RRP $15.99 (pbk), ISBN 99781526648013 Fallout is a thought-provoking story that tackles

Community, consequences, family expectations, friendships, Identity, nuclear protests, set in the 1980s, social issues

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Ghostlines

April 18, 2025

Katya Balen, Ghostlines, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, January 2025, 288 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781526663870 Tilda lives on the wild

adventure, family, friendships, Islands, isolation, middle fiction, Nature, Quests, Secrets

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A Good Kind of Trouble

April 14, 2025

Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward, A Good Kind of Trouble, HarperCollins AU, January 2025, 256 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN

Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal history, AFL, contemporary, family, friendship, history curriculum, intersectionality, LGBTQIA+, regional town, romance, sexism in sport

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Summer of Shipwrecks

April 12, 2025

Shivaun Plozza, Summer of Shipwrecks, University of Queensland Press, September 2024, 240 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702268373 Sid is

beaches, big feelings, change, consequences, contemporary, Families, friendships, growing up, middle fiction, summer holiday

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The Kindness Project

April 9, 2025

Deborah Abela, The Kindness Project, Puffin, May 2024, 336 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761340185 The Kindness Project, by prolific

2025 notable book, acts of kindness, Aging, Collaboration, courage, family, friendship, Grandparents, resilience, school project, team work, Trust, Younger Readers

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The Truck Cat

April 5, 2025

Deborah Frenkel (text) and Danny Snell (illustrator), The Truck Cat, Bright Light, May 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN

2025 BOTY, 2025 notable book, 2025 Short Lists, cats, changes, friendship, Home, migration, National simultaneous Storytime, picture book, Travelling, truck driver

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