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Catch a Falling Star
Meg McKinlay, Walker Books, March 2019, reviewed by Tehani Croft

It’s the late 1970s in rural Western Australia, and 12-year-old Frankie’s life isn’t always easy. Her mother works all the time, so Frankie looks after... Read more
 
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Interview

 

Learning to be brave: Anna Walker on ‘Lottie and Walter’ x

Anna Walker’s Lottie and Walter (Picture Puffin, March) tells the story of a little girl who is scared to get in the water, but who finds... Read more
 

Picture books

 

Baz & Benz
Heidi McKinnon, A&U, March 2019, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Ivanhoe Swift Left Home at Six
Jane Godwin, illus by A Yi, A&U, March 2019, reviewed by Michael Earp x

 
 

Let Me Sleep, Sheep
Meg McKinlay, illus by Leila Rudge, Walker Books, March 2019, reviewed by Michael Earp x

 
 

Lottie and Walter
Anna Walker, Picture Puffin, March 2019, reviewed by Bronte Coates x

 
 

Yahoo Creek
Tohby Riddle, A&U, March 2019, reviewed by Bronte Coates

 

Younger readers

 

52 Mondays
Anna Ciddor, A&U, March 2019, reviewed by Karys McEwen x

 

Young adult

 

Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories
ed by Tobias Madden, Nero, March 2019, reviewed by Jordi Kerr x

 
 

You Must Be Layla
Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Penguin, March 2019, reviewed by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

 

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