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November 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Readers 8-10 years
Planet Omar Unexpected Super Spy by Zanib Mian.
Stink and the Shark Sleepover by Megan McDonald
The Travelling Bookshop Mim and the Baffling Bully by Katrina Nannestad
Wandi by Favel Parrett
The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley
All readers 14 years plus
The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird.
Rift Breaker by Tristan Michael Savage
Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner
All readers
Albert Namatjira by Vincent Namatjira
October 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Readers Aged 8-12 years
My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas
The School for Talking Pets by Kelli Anne Hawkins
Readers Aged 10-14 years
Ming & Flo. Fight for the Future by Jackie French
Monuments by Will Kostakis
The Newspaper Club by Beth Vrabel
The Right Way to Rock by Nat Amoore
Swarm Rising by Tim Peake
All readers 10 years plus
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad
What We All Saw by Mike Lucas
Young Adult and Adult readers
Sanctuary by Judy Nunn
September 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle-Grade readers
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf.
The Champ by Anh Do
Coco Banjo and the Super Wow Surprise by N.J. Gemmel.
Elizabella and the Haunting of Lizard Lake by Zoe and Georgia Norton Lodge
When Pigs Fly by Rob Harrell
World Elite Dance Academy. Billie’s Big Audition by Kimberly Wyatt
Readers Aged 10-14 years
100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze by Clayton Zane Comber
Jane Doe. The Cradle of All Worlds by Jeremy Lachlan
Young Adult and Adult readers
The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Ransom by David Malouf
August 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle-Grade readers
The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere by Jaclyn Moriarty
The Ballad of Melodie Rose by Kate Gordon
Bridget. A New Australian by James Moloney
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Raven Heir by Stephanie Burgis
The Song of Lewis Carmichael by Sofie Laguna
Readers 12 years and above including young adult and adults
The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper
Young adult and adult readers
This Land is Our Land. An Immigrant’s Manifesto by Suketu Mehta
The Pronoun Lowdown by Nevo Zisin
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
July 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle Grade
The Friendship Matchmaker by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Grandma's Bottle collection by Judy Wollin in The Outback Anthology of Short Stories
Polly and Buster. The mystery of the Magic Stones by Sally Rippin.
The School Between Winter and Fairyland by Heather Fawcett
Readers 12 years and above including young adult and adults
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
No Name For Refugees by Edison N. Yongai
Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
Young adult and adult readers
Whole Notes by Ed Ayres
June 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle Grade
Arrowhead by Ruth Eastham
The Bakery of Happiness by Ian Beck
The Bravest Word by Kate Foster
Finding Gobi By Dion Leonard
Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
Once Upon a Crime by Robin Stevens
The Man in the Water by David Burton
Worst Week Ever Monday by Eva Amores and Matt Cosgrove
Tweens and Young Adults
Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Young Adults and Adult readers
Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer by Christine Betts
Joe Cinque’s Consolation by Helen Garner
May 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle Grade
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
Pirate Blunderhead Worst Pirate Ever by Amy Sparkes
Tweens
Are You There Buddha? by Pip Harry
Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by Siobhan Curham
Gus and the Starlight by Victoria Carless
Half My Luck by Samera Kamaleddine
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
Take the Shot by Susan White
We Run Tomorrow by Nat Amoore
The World Between Blinks by Amie Kaufman and Ryan Graudin
Young Adult and Adult reads
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
Yellowstone Fury by Damon Yerg
April 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle Grade
Annabel Again by Meg McKinlay
Hotel Flamingo by Alex Milway
Milo Finds $105. Bored by Matt Stanton
Room for a Stranger by Ann Turnbull
The Sleeping Baobab Tree by Paula Leyden
Middle Grade and Tweens
Always by Morris Gleitzman
The Amazing Edie Eckhart by Rosie Jones
Little Sister by Aimee Said
Rise. The Sam Thaiday Story by Sam Thaiday and James Colley
When This Bell Rings by Allison Rushby
Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in the Teacup by Andy Sagar
Young Adult and Adult reads
Digging Up Dirt by Pamela Hart
March 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Middle Grade
A Great Escape by Felice Arena
Dragon Mountain by Katie and Kevin Tsang
Dunger by Joy Cowley
1854 Do You Dare? Eureka Boys by Penny Matthews
Finch by Penny Matthews
Matty Forever by Elizabeth Fensham
Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables. Go Wild by Tim Harris
Splash by Charli Howard
Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks
Middle Grade and Tweens
The Caravan at the Edge of Doom by Jim Beckett
Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua
The Epic Adventures of the Techno Wizard. Passage to Avalon by Mike Thayer
Tween,
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
Burn by Patrick Ness
The Wizard in My Shed by Simon Farnaby
Young Adult and Adult
Hell Island by Matthew Reilly
February 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Picture books
A Boy and A Ball by Phil Cummings and Phil Lesnie
Middle Grade
Stay a Little Longer by Bali Rai
Eco Rangers. Wildfire Rescue by Candice Lemon-Scott
Tween,
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant
When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten
Young Adult and Adult
Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller
Honeybee by Craig Silvey
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
Search for the Holy Whale by Selena Jane
January 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Being Miss Nobody by Tamsin Winter
Legend by Marie Lu
Nevermoor. The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Sister of the Bollywood Bride by Nandini Bajpai
Soul Hunter. The Last Immortal by Alex Marlowe
The Tattoo Fox by Alasdair Hutton
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Winter in Mallora. Turmoil to Triumph by G.E.Tagarro
Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes
December 2021 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Dognapped? By Charmaine Clancy
DogZombies Rule by Liz Pichon
Exit Through the Gift Shop by Maryam Master
Girl Transcending by AJ Clementine
How I became a Dog Called Midnight by Ben Miller
The Last Bookshop by Emma Young
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Seven Days by Eve Ainsworth
The Seriously Weird History of the Goldfields by Dough Bradby
Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
SOS Save Our School from Bullying by Gaye Dell
Squishy Taylor and the Tunnel of Doom by Ailsa Wild
Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment