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The Worst Perfect Moment

December 31, 2024

Shivaun Plozza, The Worst Perfect Moment, Walker Books Australia, January 2025, 368 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760659455 Shivaun Plozza […]

Belonging, change in point of view, concept of heaven, contemporary, death and dying, flashbacks, friendship, Love, Memories, resilience, self discovery

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Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #1 & #2)

September 27, 2024

Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1), HarperCollins Publishers, September 2023, 368 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008600662 Rebecca

alternate reality, courage and bravery, death and dying, dual narrators, duology, fantasy, Gods and goddesses, Journalists, Letters, magic, older readers, romance, sacrifices, Steampunk, War

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Older Readers Reviews

Liar’s Test (The Silverleaf Chronicles #1)

August 1, 2024

Ambelin Kwaymullina, Liar’s Test (The Silverleaf Chronicles #1), Text Publishing, June 2024, 272 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922790873 Liar’s

Aboriginal culture, death and dying, Dystopian, first book in a series, First Nations, lying, Quests, Religion, romance

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

Red White and Whole

June 20, 2024

Rajani La Rocca, Red, White and Whole, HarperCollins Publishers, March 2024, 224 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780063047433 Red, White

cancer, death and dying, Diversity, family, friendship, grief and loss, Identity, Native Americans

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Reviews Younger Readers

Grace the Amazing

May 7, 2024

Aleesah Darlison, Grace the Amazing, Wombat Books, May 2024, 140 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781761111174 Curious, creative Grace dreams

Compassion, death and dying, grief and loss, Magicians, Younger Readers

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Intermediate Readers Older Readers Reviews

Secret Sparrow

March 23, 2024

Jackie French, Secret Sparrow, Angus & Robertson, November 2023, 256 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781460760468 Burrangong, 1978: young Arjun is

courage, death and dying, discrimination, family, women in war, World War I

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Early Childhood Books Picture Books Reviews

Grace and Mr Milligan

March 15, 2024

Caz Goodwin (text) and Pip Kruger (illustrator), Grace and Mr Milligan, Marshall Cavendish, December 2022, 32 pp., ISBN 9789815009811 Grace

beaches, death and dying, early childhood book, friendship, Gardens, grief and loss, picture book, sadness

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CBCA Short Listed Older Readers

The Other Side of Tomorrow

August 17, 2023

Hayley Lawrence, The Other Side of Tomorrow, Scholastic Australia, February 2022, 295 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760976453 The Other

cancer, CBCA Short Listed, childhood illness, death and dying, family, friendships, grief and loss, older readers, young adult

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The Jammer

September 30, 2022

Nova Weetman, The Jammer, University of Queensland Press, October 2022, 288 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702265426 Twelve year

death and dying, family, friendships, grief and loss, growing up, Identity, Memories, middle fiction, roller derby

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