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Reading ahead: 2018 children’s and YA preview x

2018 sees the release of a new YA series from Jay Kristoff and a middle-grade series from Amie Kaufman; the re-release of a 10-year-old series... Read more
 
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The Feather
Margaret Wild, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare, February 2018, reviewed by Anica Boulanger Mashberg

This exquisite and affecting allegory is another masterful Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood collaboration that is greater than the sum of its parts. Similar to... Read more
 

 

From the heart: Shivaun Plozza on ‘Tin Heart’ x

In her second YA novel Tin Heart (Penguin, March), Shivaun Plozza tells the story of a teenage girl who undergoes an organ transplant. The book ‘cements... Read more
 
 

Go Go and the Silver Shoes
Jane Godwin, illus by Anna Walker, Viking, March 2018, reviewed by Anica Boulanger Mashberg

Jane Godwin and Anna Walker are a winning pair: Walker’s tender, beautiful illustrations are a perfect complement to Godwin’s careful, gentle words. Their previous successes include the reassuring Starting School... Read more
 
 

Grandma Z
Daniel Gray-Barnett, Scribble, March 2018, reviewed by Angela Crocombe

Albert leads a very ordinary, monochrome life. But on his birthday, when his parents are planning the same boring routine, there is a surprise knock on the door. Albert’s larger-than-life... Read more
 
 

The Hole Story
Kelly Canby, Fremantle Press, March 2018, reviewed by Mike Shuttleworth
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One of the joys of early childhood are those moments when you discover the remarkable in the everyday. The Hole Story turns on such uncanny moments. When Charlie discovers a... Read more
 
 

Pugs Don’t Wear Pyjamas
Michelle Worthington, illus by Cecilia Johansson, New Frontier, March 2018, reviewed by Thuy On
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As far as dogs go, pugs are pretty adorable with their squishy faces, flat noses and curly tails, but Ellie is no ordinary dog. Her owner Roz treats her like... Read more
 
 

Room on Our Rock
Kate and Jol Temple, illus by Terri Rose Baynton, Scholastic, February 2018, reviewed by Thuy On
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It’s never too early to instil empathy and compassion in the formative minds of the young, and Room on Our Rock does an admirable job in cultivating such qualities in... Read more
 
 

Ice Wolves: Elementals Book One
Amie Kaufman, HarperCollins, March 2018, reviewed by Dani Solomon
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There are two shapeshifting ‘elementals’ in the land of Vallen: the Ice Wolves, who protect the city of Holbard, and the Scorch Dragons, who attack it. They have been sworn... Read more
 
 

Missing
Sue Whiting, Walker Books, March 2018, reviewed by Karys McEwen
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A mother is missing in the jungles of Panama and a father and daughter are attempting to discover the truth behind her disappearance. This is the premise of Sue Whiting’s... Read more
 
 

Perfect World: Otherworlds Book One
George Ivanoff, Puffin, March 2018, reviewed by Holly Harper
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While out shopping for pickles, a chance discovery lands Keagan in a parallel world: a pristine land of eerily similar clones, who quickly throw him out with the trash for being too different.... Read more
 
 

If I Tell You
Alicia Tuckerman , Pantera, March 2018, reviewed by Michael Earp
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Seventeen-year-old Alexandra has known for a while that she is a lesbian but she hasn’t told anyone. When a new family moves to her small country town and spiteful gossip starts to... Read more
 
 

P is for Pearl
Eliza Henry-Jones, HarperCollins, March 2018, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh
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Seventeen-year-old Gwen runs every day from the thoughts of her future and the ghosts of her past. She is unable to imagine a life beyond the boundaries of her small... Read more
 
 

Tin Heart
Shivaun Plozza, Penguin, March 2018, reviewed by Jordi Kerr
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Marlowe Jensen was The Dying Girl. Born with a congenital heart defect, no-one expected Marlowe to make it to her 18th birthday until she won the organ-donation lottery, and got... Read more
 

 

 

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