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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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Older Readers Reviews

Royal Heirs Academy

April 16, 2025

Lindsey Duga, Royal Heirs Academy, Hachette Australia, January 2025, 384 pp., RRP $22.95 (pbk), ISBN 0316578665 After years of keeping

Boarding school, Bullying, Diversity, family, family expectations, friendships, mental health, older readers, Respect, rivalry, romance, Royalty, social issues, young adult

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Reviews Younger Readers

The Graveyard Gift (Fern’s School for Wayward Fae #1)

March 24, 2025

Fern Forgettable, The Graveyard Gift (Fern’s School for Wayward Fae #1), Walker Books, October 2024, 256 pp., RRP $16.99 (hbk),

adventure, Boarding school, fantasy, first book in a series, Folklore, friendships, Identity, magic school, Mystery, Younger Readers

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The Midwatch

March 9, 2025

Judith Rossell, The Midwatch, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Oct 2024, 320 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk) ISBN 9781761212369 I loved every

1920s America, 2025 notable book, adventure, alternate time lines, Boarding school, Monsters, Mystery, Orphans, Suspense, twisty, Younger Readers

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

December 11, 2024

Kate McKinnon (text) and Alfredo Ca’ceres (illustrator), The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science, HarperCollins

Boarding school, fantasy, footnotes, Historical fiction, humour, Orphans, quirky, scientists, Sisters, STEM

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Older Readers Reviews

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

August 17, 2024

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Where Sleeping Girls Lie, HarperCollins Publishers, April 2024, 576 pp., RRP. $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781474967549 After her father

Boarding school, Coming of age, contemporary, courage, disappearance, Diversity, friendship, grief and loss, Mystery, Secrets, Suspense, twisty

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

Dirrarn

October 31, 2023

Merrison, Carl and Hakea Hustler (text) and Dub Leffler (illustrator), Dirrarn, Magabala Books, August 2023, 109 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk),

Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal customs, Boarding school, Bullying, discrimination, Diversity, First Nations, Identity, Racism, sequel, walking on country

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Reviews Younger Readers

Ruby and the pen

October 13, 2023

David Lawrence (text) and Cherie Dignam (illustrator), Ruby and the pen, EK Books, July 2023, 280 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk),

Boarding school, Bullying, courage, family, friendship, magic

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Reviews Younger Readers

Olive of Groves (books 1, 2 & 3)

September 28, 2023

Katrina Nannestad (text) and Lucia Masciullo (illustrator), Olive of Groves, HarperCollins, July 2023, 288 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780733342615 Olive’s

Belonging, Boarding school, books in a series, bravery, Circus, family, friendship, humour, time travel

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