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Aussie Kids Books
Book Reviews
Welcome to my blog! This blog is a celebration of Australian children's fiction - including young adult, middle grade, junior fiction, and picture books.
Read on for my reviews!
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Teaser Tuesday! Snippet from my YA manuscript Exposed.
Here is a teaser from my young adult manuscript Exposed! It was well received on my Instagram page so I thought I'd post it here too....
Sandy
Oct 6, 20202 min read
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
This beautifully written own voices young adult novel is narrated by Anna Chui, who is in Year 11 at school. Anna’s teachers are telling...
Sandy
Oct 4, 20202 min read
The Year the Maps Changed, by Danielle Binks
This is a beautifully written and researched novel which will appeal to readers from middlegrade upwards. The highlight of this book for...
Sandy
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Take Three Girls, by Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood
I was incredibly excited when I heard that three of my favourite young adult fiction authors were collaborating to write a book together,...
Sandy
Aug 30, 20202 min read
Taking Down Evelyn Tait, by Poppy Nwosu
Lottie is facing a predicament - her best friend Grace has started dating Lottie's mortal enemy - the sneeringly perfect Evelyn Tait....
Sandy
Aug 22, 20202 min read
Underdog: #LoveOzYa Short Stories, Edited by Tobias Madden, with a foreward by Fleur Ferris
This collection of short stories by new Australian writers has been on my radar for some time now (those of you who know me would know...
Sandy
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Please Don’t Hug Me, by Kay Kerr
I really loved this own voices book, the highlight of it being the voice of seventeen-year-old narrator Erin, who shares with us, through...
Sandy
Jul 19, 20202 min read
This is how we change the ending, by Vikki Wakefield
Sixteen-year-old Nate is struggling to stay afloat as he attempts to avoid getting beaten up at school and tries to fly under the radar...
Sandy
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Sunshine yellow books
I felt like I needed a splash of sunshine yellow during these cold winter months - and this stack of yellow books from our home...
Sandy
Jul 10, 20203 min read
YA Classic: Came Back to Show You I Could Fly, by Robin Klein
This is a compelling story of friendship between two unlikely characters. Angie is undoubtedly one of the most unforgettable and enduring...
Sandy
Jun 12, 20201 min read
The Vanishing Deep, by Astrid Scholte
If you enjoy a fast-paced read, set against the background of a beautifully constructed world, then you will love this young adult novel!...
Sandy
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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