Posts Tagged ‘Australian author’
Review: JT: The Making Of A Total Legend
Title: JT: The Making Of A Total Legend Author: Johnathan Thurston with James Phelps Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books About the book: This is the life story of the rugby league Johnathan Thurston. It follows his younger years and upbringing through to where he is today. The story is written in first-person and includes his ups…
Read MoreReview: Squidge Dibley Destroys The School
This review is brought to you by my brother Book Boy Jr (12.) Title: Squidge Dibley Author: Mick Elliott Publisher: Hachette Australia About the book: This book is about a grade-six boy whose world is turned upside down when a new teacher arrives – and a new student called Squidge Dibley causes mayhem in the…
Read MoreReview: Secrets Of A Schoolyard Millionaire
This review is brought to you by my brother Book Boy Jr (aged 12). Title: Secrets Of A Schoolyard Millionaire Author: Nat Amoore Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia About the book This is the tale of a young girl who sets out to be the best business woman ever and to get rich. With the…
Read MoreWhat I read this month (July 2019)
The majority of the books on this list are books that I have re-read. This month I was quite busy, as I was involved in a production of the musical ‘Wicked’. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Simon is a relatively normal sixteen year old with a relatively normal life – that is…
Read MoreReview: The New Kid (Unpopular Me)
This book review is brought to you by Book Boy Jr, aged 12. Title: The New Kid (Unpopular Me) Author: James O’Loghlin (ill. Matthew Martin) Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia About the book: This book is about a boy named Sam who moves to Canberra in grade six. He is 11 years old and has…
Read MoreMy first published byline!
Before I started my own blog in July 2016, I wrote book reviews for two different websites – one was Creative Kids Tales, and one was Children’s Books Daily. Yesterday, I received in the mail a contributor copy of Raising Readers: How to nurture a child’s love of books by Megan Daley, the award-winning teacher-librarian…
Read MoreWhat I read this month: February 2019
In great news, I’m on track for my #52booksin52weeks challenge, reading another four in February. Again, it was a mix of novels, biography and poetry. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer The classic tale of an idealistic youth who leaves modern society, throws away his worldly possessions, bar what he can fit in his backpack,…
Read MoreLooking for books for teens for Christmas? 33 great #LoveOzYA ideas to help you out
As regular readers will know, I am a member of the #LoveOzYA Committee, which is a group of volunteers who work together to help promote YA books written by Australian authors. You can read all about the committee and it’s work here. I also write guest book reviews for Megan Daley at Children’s Books Daily,…
Read MoreReview: Natural Born Loser
This book review is brought to you by my brother Book Boy Jr (11). Title: Natural Born Leader Loser Author: Oliver Phommavanh Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia About the book: This book is about a kid named Raymond, a natural born follower, who is selected as a prefect in a crazy school. The story follows him…
Read MoreWhat I read this month (September 2018)
I am cheating a bit here by combining August and September, but I don’t think anyone will mind. Night by Elie Wiesel This book was confronting, yet beautifully written in its simplicity Adrian Mole and the weapons of mass destruction by Sue Townsend The Other Side of Summer by Emily Gale A bit of a…
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