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Because of You
Pip Harry, UQP, August 2017, reviewed by Meg Whelan

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Feathers
Phil Cummings, illus by Phil Lesnie, Scholastic, August 2017, reviewed by Margaret Hamilton

Fluke
Lesley Gibbes, illus by Michelle Dawson, Working Title Press, August 2017, reviewed by Margaret Hamilton

Hark It's Me, Ruby Lee!
Lisa Shanahan, illus by Binny Talib, Lothian, August 2017, reviewed by Christina Copeland

I Just Ate My Friend
Heidi McKinnon, A&U, August 2017, reviewed by Michael Earp

Sarah and the Steep Slope
Danny Parker, illus by Matt Ottley, Little Hare, August 2017, reviewed by Maria Alessandrino

Stitches and Stuffing
Carrie Gallasch, illus by Sara Acton, Little Hare, August 2017, reviewed by Margaret Hamilton

Stubborn Stanley
Nathaniel Eckstrom, Scholastic, August 2017, reviewed by Thuy On

Younger readers »

Gaolbird
Simon Barnard, Text, August 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger Mashberg

Lintang and the Pirate Queen
Tamara Moss, Random House, August 2017, reviewed by Tehani Croft

Musical Markus: Super Moopers Book One
Fiona Harris, illus by Scott Edgar, Five Mile, August 2017, reviewed by Dani Solomon

Patty Hits the Court: Game Day Book One
Patty Mills with Jared Thomas, illus by Nahum Ziersch, A&U, August 2017, reviewed by Holly Harper

The Shop at Hoopers Bend
Emily Rodda, HarperCollins, August 2017, reviewed by Fay Helfenbaum

The Vampire Knife: The Witching Hours Book One
Jack Henseleit, Hardie Grant Egmont, August 2017, reviewed by Holly Harper

The Build-up Season
Megan Jacobson, Penguin, August 2017, reviewed by Tamsien West

The Dream Walker
Victoria Carless, Hachette, July 2017, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh

Exchange of Heart
Darren Groth, Random House, August 2017, reviewed by Jordi Kerr

Gap Year in Ghost Town
Michael Pryor, A&U, August 2017, reviewed by Meg Whelan

In the Dark Spaces
Cally Black, Hardie Grant Egmont, August 2017, reviewed by Meg Whelan

Sparrow
Scot Gardner, A&U, August 2017, reviewed by Heath Graham

The Traitor and the Thief
Gareth Ward, Walker Books, August 2017, reviewed by Jarrah Moore

The Undercurrent
Paula Weston, Text, August 2017, reviewed by Meg Whelan

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