Speak Up

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Theresa Miller

How to be a successful presenter and media spokesperson Theresa Millar has written Speak Up in a clear, uncluttered style. She is direct in her instruction and explanations, which is...
The Belly of a Wolf

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Julianne Negri

To a teenager losing your best friend on your 15th birthday is calamitous but when this lost is the result of a suicide, it is more than disastrous, it is...
The Dark Cove Theatre Society

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Sierra Marilyn Riley

An unusual and quirky mystery for young adults, The Dark Cove Theatre Society addresses many issues. The setting is on a small island, Dark Cove off the shores of Canada....
The Beat I Drum

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Dusti Bowling

For children with disabilities to begin to feel accepted in society, we need to acknowledge, discuss and include them. The author has come to write about these children as she...
The Pull of the Moon

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Pip Smith

The small most northerly external territory of Australia, Christmas Island is the setting of award-winning author, Pip Smith’s latest powerful young adult book.  While this novel centres around the 2010...
Hidden Treasure

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Jessie Burton

Hidden Treasure is an excellent young adult novel. The story is well told and incorporates history, being set in England during the first world war. It also has present day...
Almost Nothing Happened

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Meg Rosoff

Classified as a young adult novel, everything about this book calls out to be read. From the busy cover to the catchy title……..Really….in France…..Nothing happened? This is a charming, delightful...
Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica

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Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch

Antarctica is a continent that remains shrouded in mystery for most people. We seem to read and hear snippets of information about its icy terrain. Alison Lester and Coral Tullock...
Possible Happiness

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David Ebenbach

David Ebenbach takes to task the challenging years of growing up in Possible Happiness with his lovable and yet completely abstract character Jacob Wasserman, who is as the weeks pass,...
Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie

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Dr Toni Lindsay

Dr Toni Lindsay’s ‘Everything Anxiety Ever Told You is a Lie (*Well, almost everything)’ is an easily digestible curiously enjoyable self-help book considering the somewhat undesirable topic. You can certainly...