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March 2023 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Readers 8 to 10 years+
All of Us Together by Bill Condon
Bear Grills Adventures. The River Challenge by Bear Grills
Bindi Wildlife Adventures. A Whale of a Time by Chris Kunz
Daisy and the Trouble with School Trips by Kes Gray
Dog Tales by Emily Rodda
Gamora’s Galactic Showdown by Brandon T Snider
Princess Olivia Investigates the Wrong Weather by Lucy Hawking
Sporty Kids. Netball by Felica Arena
Readers 10 years +
Seven Days by Fleur Ferris
What About Thao? By Oliver Phommavanh
February 2023 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Readers 8 to 10 years+
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Princess Olivia Investigates the Wrong Weather by Lucy Hawking
Robyn Silver The Darkest Dream by Paula Harrison
Shine. Lily’s secret audition by Holly Webb
The Spectacular Spencer Gray by Deb Fitzpatrick
Tanker to the rescue by Julia Johnson
Readers 10-12 years
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Readers 12 years +
The F Team by Rawah Arja
I’ll Keep You Close by Jeska Verstegen
January 2023 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Readers 8-10 years
Rockstar Detectives by Adam Hills
Swim Team Trouble, a Jake Maddox Graphic Novel
Readers 10 to 13 years
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
The Deep End by Jenna Guillaume
Haywire by Claire Saxby
Readers 13 years +
Deep Water by Sarah Epstein
Stone by Finbar Hawkins
Young adult and adult readers
Exiles by Jane Harper
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
December 2022 reviews - click the link button below to go to the reviews
Readers 8-10 years
The Island of Lost Horses by Stacy Gregg
The January Stars by Kate Constable
Mark Anchovy War & Pizza by William Goldsmith
Meanwhile by Jason Shiga
Rockstar Detectives by Adam Hills
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