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How to Win a Nobel Prize
Barry Marshall & Lorna Hendry, illus by Bernard Caleo, Piccolo Nero, April 2018, reviewed by Heath Graham

Ten-year-old Mary loves science, and dreams of one day winning a Nobel Prize. When her mother arranges for her to meet the Australian Nobel laureate... Read more
 
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Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story
Rohan Cleave & Coral Tulloch, CSIRO Publishing, April 2018, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg x

 
 

The Last Peach
Gus Gordon, Viking, April 2018, reviewed by Bronte Coates x

 
 

Message in a Sock
Kaye Baillie, illus by Narelda Joy, MidnightSun, April 2018, reviewed by Louise Pfanner x

 

Younger readers »

 

The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls
Adam Cece, illus by Andrew Weldon, Text, April 2018, reviewed by Holly Harper

 
 

The Long Class Goodnight
Sammy J, Five Mile, April 2018, reviewed by Karys McEwen x

 
 

The Poppa Platoon in World War Chew
Danny Katz, illus by Mitch Vane, Scholastic, April 2018, reviewed by Katie Haydon x

 

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Amelia Westlake
Erin Gough, Hardie Grant Egmont, April 2018, reviewed by Angela Crocombe x

 
 

Small Spaces
Sarah Epstein, Walker Books, April 2018, reviewed by Phil Lesnie x

 

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The new normal: Adam Cece on ‘The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls’

Adam Cece won the 2017 Text Prize for The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls (Text, April). Reviewer Holly Harper describes it as... Read more
 

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