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The Grey Beret’s Guide to Surviving the Odds (Anna Battese, illus Erin Reeves, Simon & Schuster Australia)

Tuesday, 23 June 2026    Books+Publishing
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Anna Battese’s debut middle-grade novel, The Grey Beret’s Guide to Surviving the Odds, illustrated by Erin Reeves, is the first in a planned trilogy. The book perfectly fills a gap for big-hearted adventure stories for readers aged 8 and over. Odie Gusberry-Smith is used to things going wrong, especially after...

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