This story is confronting and realistic, highlighting important issues of ongoing racism and prejudice towards Aboriginal youth and the challenges of the youth justice system. The plot is effectively constructed to build a nuanced and […]
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A nuanced exploration of family, relationships, writing and finding your way. This novel is a discovery of family, culture, and identity. Young Harvey is coming to terms with his parents’ fractured relationship, whilst also settling
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A fun rom-com featuring two teens that are thrown together through a modern blogging mishap that creates a viral situation. Eliza’s character is loveable. Motivated by her desire to be seen as a writer, she
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An entertaining romp, the author delivers fantasy worldbuilding and storytelling at its finest. Art student Susan and magical fighting booksellers, Merlin and Vivien are swept up yet again in a dangerous adventure against Old World
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This convincing secondary world fantasy cleverly juxtaposes traditional high fantasy with a more industrialised setting, using three distinct perspectives to braid together the overarching story. Underpinning a narrative of high-stakes political intrigue alongside more prosaic
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A wholesome and light-hearted debut rom-com, cleverly reimagining Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in a contemporary, Australian setting. The novel plays on Austen’s storytelling, transferring the major plot points and character traits into a modern
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Thoroughly readable and heartfelt, this novel sits at the younger end of the readership, crossing into middle grade. Delving into big themes that are gently handled, the story balances the heartbreaking and the hopeful making
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Bound together through a love of music and a shared goal to break into the music industry, the story unfolds around an eclectic cast of characters, across a weekend of chaotic creativity. Told through Eva’s
In this beautifully presented debut novel, the reader enters a well-constructed, lush fantasy world and finds echoes of the 1920s prohibition era, except it is magic rather than alcohol that’s forbidden here. An original idea,
An exciting thriller that was at times genuinely scary. The plot zips along at a great pace, full of enjoyable twists and turns and leading to a satisfying ending. The depiction of the bullying and
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