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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
 
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Picture books

 

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

 
 

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

 
 

The Hole Story
Kelly Canby, Fremantle Press, March 2018, reviewed by Mike Shuttleworth x

 
 

Pugs Don’t Wear Pyjamas
Michelle Worthington, illus by Cecilia Johansson, New Frontier, March 2018, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Room on Our Rock
Kate and Jol Temple, illus by Terri Rose Baynton, Scholastic, February 2018, reviewed by Thuy On x

 

Younger readers

 

Ice Wolves: Elementals Book One
Amie Kaufman, HarperCollins, March 2018, reviewed by Dani Solomon x

 
 

Missing
Sue Whiting, Walker Books, March 2018, reviewed by Karys McEwen x

 
 

Perfect World: Otherworlds Book One
George Ivanoff, Puffin, March 2018, reviewed by Holly Harper x

 

Young adult

 

If I Tell You
Alicia Tuckerman , Pantera, March 2018, reviewed by Michael Earp x

 
 

P is for Pearl
Eliza Henry-Jones, HarperCollins, March 2018, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh x

 
 

Tin Heart
Shivaun Plozza, Penguin, March 2018, reviewed by Jordi Kerr x

 

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Interview

 

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
 

Feature

 

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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