The Raven’s Song is a dystopian novel about a world that is falling apart with echoes about the environmental concerns we have for the future of our planet. It is the first ever dual-voice teen novel from acclaimed Australian authors Zana Fraillon and Bren [...]
October 2, 2022
This amazing story is set during World War 1 and follows the lives of five teenagers who come from different backgrounds and nations. As the story progresses, explaining the lives of the teenagers, their stories start to interweave and come together as the different [...]
September 27, 2022
– Hi Victoria, I really liked the start of the book and how it described the accident, it made me realise that it can happen to anyone and you need to treat people normally. The day before the accident Max was just like me. [...]
September 23, 2022
Jessie is feeling more hopeful as she starts Year 11. After a summer of surfing, sunbathing and fine-tuning her new witchy skills, feels like her life-ducks are finally in a row – and at school, she has her sisterhood of Summer, Libby and Tabitha [...]
September 21, 2022
This is a sci-fi style mystery that also describes how friendships can evolve and face periods of ups-and-downs as we grow up. Confused and curious to find they are the only people awake, Ana and her ex-best friend Tio set off on a mission to [...]
September 20, 2022
Black Night Falling, by Teri Terry, is a beautiful book that centers around the issue of climate change. The third book in the Circle trilogy, Black Night Falling features three main characters: Tabby, who is captured by a dangerous organization known as the Circle, [...]
September 17, 2022
When Brie was younger, her mama used to surprise her with treasure hunts around their island town and when she died three years ago these became Brie’s most cherished memories. Now, on her twelfth birthday, her mama has another surprise, a series of letters [...]
September 14, 2022
Set in the future this story is about a world where everyone plays esports and the best players enjoy celebrity status. Children train from a young age to be good at playing computer games as a competitive sport. For twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng gaming is everything. [...]
September 7, 2022
This story is about a group of school children. The main character is autistic and one of his friends is dyslexic. He is bullied for being different and ends up grouping together to form an alliance with two other neuro diverse children who face [...]
This is a cool interactive book that will appeal to any child who likes science or is curious to discover more about how particle physics effects our lives. As soon as you open this book, YOU become the protagonist! You will be catapulted to CERN, [...]
September 6, 2022
Meet Me in Mumbai is a novel in two acts – told eighteen years apart – gives voice to both mother (Ayesha) and daughter (Mira) after an unplanned teen pregnancy led Ayesha to place Mira up for adoption. Our review liked that the book does [...]
September 4, 2022
Coming in October is debut novel about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship from author Natasha Hastings. It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s sweet shop [...]
August 25, 2022
Isobel Stanhope has a lot of secrets. One, she works for a secret agency that helps to dig up dirt on powerful misogynistic men. Two, she is madly in love with the Duke of Roxton. And three, she is in serious financial trouble. Join [...]
August 21, 2022
Here is a romantic story featuring central characters with disabilities. Daisy has cerebral palsy, and Noah suffers with severe anxiety. Both are talented and ambitious musicians. Despite their different approaches to risk-taking they they find a harmony when they play together that takes them [...]
July 22, 2022
Following on from Jennifer Bell’s Wonderscape friends Arthur, Ren and Cecily are now transported to the year 2493, where the secretive villain Deadlock has uncovered powerful time-travelling technology. To stop Deadlock, the friends must enter Legendarium ‘s dangerous Irontide Tournament, where one wrong move could [...]
June 5, 2022
Featuring two non-binary protagonists ‘Alice Austen Lived Here’ by Alex Gino is a powerful story that will encourage kids to consider the history they are traditionally taught and what it means to be included. Our young reviewer was inspired to consider his own community’s history [...]
May 15, 2022
From Lily Bailey is a story about a 12 year old boy who suffers with O.C.D. The author has experience of living with Obsessive-compulsive Disorder and writes with first-hand knowledge about its impact on a young person. Her hope is that this fictional story [...]
Wow! says our 15 year reviewer, who would not usually choose to read autobiographies. Newly abridged and updated for a young adult readership with a colour insert of never-before-seen photos, this is a revealing portrait of a young Black man asking questions about self-discovery and [...]
April 24, 2022
From writer Sue Wallman is a thriller for YA readers set on a remote island of luxury with a storm brewing. Seventeen-year-old Lydia Cornwallis has arrived on a remote island populated only by wealthy families and their staff. She quickly finds acceptance, even adoration, from [...]
Furthermoor is the imaginary place Bren escapes too when reality gets too much. The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in [...]
