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All The Bright Places

May 17, 2015

Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places, Penguin, 7 January 2015, $17.99, 388pp., ISBN 978-0-14-135703-4 Although it sounds perhaps a little […]

Bullying, Car accident, Dual Narrative, dual narrator, family, grief, grief and loss, Insecurities, mental illness, romance, Silver inky longlist, Suicide

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Intermediate Readers

Hanna (My Holocaust Story #1)

May 8, 2015

Goldie Alexander, Hanna (My Holocaust Story #1), Scholastic Australia, March 2015, $16.99 (pbk), 192pp., ISBN 0781743629673 Hanna is one of a series of

children, family, Genocide, Historical fiction, History, Holocaust, Humanities, Jewish peoples, Poland, Teacher Notes, Warsaw, World War II

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Highly Recommended Older Readers

For the Forest of a Bird

May 2, 2015

Sue Saliba, For the Forest of a Bird, Penguin Books, 28 January 2015, $17.99(pbk) 208pp., ISBN: 9780143571780 The swallows return every spring, it

acceptance, Divorce, family, Love, mental health, natural environment, Poetry, relationships, resilience, self discovery

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Highly Recommended Younger Readers

Howie the Yowie: adventures of a lovable monster

April 21, 2015

CLARKE, Pat (text) Graeme Compton (illus.) Howie the Yowie: adventures of a lovable monster Little Steps, 2014 unpaged $24.95 ISBN

acceptance, Community, family, friendship

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Early Childhood Books

Connected

April 6, 2015

Nathaniel Eckstrom Connected JoJo Publishing November 2014 38pp $16.99(pbk) $24.99 (hbk) ISBN: 9780987609519 (pbk) 9780987609526 (hbk) With lots of children now

Apartments, Community, family, Flats, Neighbours

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