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The Glass Girl

December 29, 2024

Kathleen Glasgow, The Glass Girl, HarperCollins Publishers, October 2024, 464 pp., RRP $22.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781460763759 Kathleen Glasgow’s The Glass […]

alcohol abuse, contemporary, drug abuse, emotional abuse, grief and loss, Identity, mature themes, older readers, overcoming challenges, parental expectations, Rehabilitation, self-harm, social issues, young adult

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Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

Always never always

November 8, 2023

Meg McKinlay (text) & Leila Rudge (illustrator), Always never always, Walker Books Australia, October 2023, 32 pp., RRP $25.99 (hbk),

adventures, advice, comfort, living in the moment, overcoming challenges, picture books, rhyming text, Younger Readers

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Graphic Novels Intermediate Readers Reviews

Hoops

July 25, 2023

Matt Tavares, Hoops, Walker Books Australia, March 2023, 224 pp., RRP $30.75 (pbk), ISBN 9781536231953 In Wilkins, Indiana, back in

based on a true story, basketball, friendships, gender inequality, Graphic Novels, Historical, overcoming challenges, Persistence, Sport

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

When I See Blue

December 29, 2022

Lily Bailey, When I See Blue, Hachette Australia, June 2022, 272 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781510109803 I found reading

alcohol, Empathy, family separation, friendships, Identity, mental health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, overcoming challenges

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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