When We Flew Away Book Review Cover

Anne Frank didn’t always live in the annex above her father’s business, hiding away with her family and others from the Nazi’s relentless pursuit of anyone Jewish. When she was ...


The Magician Next Door Book Review Cover

Callie is still angry at her dad for moving them both to Northern Ireland from London. She feels she has left everyone she knows and loved behind in the city she ...


Pages & Co (6) The Last Bookwanderer Book Review Cover

Rosa, Tilly, Oskar, Milo and Alessia stand in the portal to the great magician, Merlin’s world. But somehow it doesn’t feel right. There are tourists everywhere, not knights and fair ...


How it all ends Book Review Cover

Middle schooler Tara has one year left before high school. At least that was the plan, until her principal called her and two other students to her office. As high ...


The Treehouse Library Book Review Cover

Archie Pages finally wakes from his slumber, but the Pages family aren’t out of danger. The Alchemist is unpredictable in his desire for more power and one special book he ...


A Mouse & His Dog Book Review Cover

At Dogtown, Mouse is to his mouse buddies what Chance used to be to the dogs locked in their cages, (in Book 1). Just like Chance used to sort squabbles ...


Turtle Moon Book Review Cover

Silver is just as surprised as her mother to learn that her dad has accepted a three month artist position in Costa Rica. It seems a world away from their ...


Beddy-Bye Time in the Kowhai Tree Book Review

It’s time for bed. A young child gets ready for bed, with his parents help. This begins with a look out of the window at the darkening sky, after returning ...


When the World Tips Over Book Review Cover

A multi generational tale of a family, across continents, through love stories within love stories. There are quests, mysteries, broken hearts and singing ones. There are fathers lost and fathers ...


Cobweb Book Review Cover

Cobweb is a small, young dog, born on a Welsh farm near the sea. Only a man and his daughter named Bethan run this farm now after a terrible tragedy, ...


The Pohutakawa Tree Book Review Cover

A gift of a special seed begins a journey of both a family and a young sapling through generations. Standing by the sea in front of a holiday bach, the ...


Kung Fu Roo Book Review Cover

Friends Kai, Harry and Charley are on their way to a martial arts contest at Folksville County Fair. They’ve only just settled into their seats on the train, when a ...


Saving Wananga Book Review Cover

Kea are cheeky birds, but Wānanga is cheekier than most. Only he would be brave enough among his feathered friends to hop up into the caravan of a human friend. ...


Tasting with your feet Book Review Cover

Tasting with your feet? We can’t taste with our feet but some animals can! Humans seem the cleverest of the world’s creatures, but we only have 5 senses. Animals have ...


The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra Book Review Cover

An invitation is given on the very first page…   ‘Come! Let’s slip down the end of the garden, we’ll beat a new path, where the path doesn’t go.’   ...


Giraffe Island Book Review Cover

Vega has always seen them. Strange creatures in her home, on the way to school and everywhere she goes. There is a bear in the bath, tiny horses, and creatures ...


Find Him Where You Left Him Dead Book Review Cover

Emerson Bell – Dropped out of school and spends all her time holed up in her room, gaming. She no longer gets on with her parents, especially her mum, and ...


The Glass Girl Book Review Cover

Bella doesn’t really think about why she began drinking. Now at 15, it feels like she has known nothing else. Her drink of choice is Sprodka – a mix of ...


Influencer Book Review Cover

Crystal is the quiet one in her friend group. She calls them friends but only Gayle is truly a friend. Trevor is polite to her, Harmony barely speaks to her ...


Out of My Dreams Book Review Cover

After enjoying a special camp for children and teens with differences, Melody is enjoying life more than ever. Being able to do things that other children do at summer camps ...


The Skin I'm In Book Review Cover

Year 12. Layla’s final year at her Australian high school. It lay ahead of her like a red carpet into her future. Layla’s a hard worker, driven and confident within ...


The Things We Leave Behind Book Review Cover

Clem is loving her 15th birthday party. Among the guests are her best friends Mischa and Danny, her dad who always makes a huge fuss of her birthday since mum ...


The Girl at the Front of the Class Book Review Cover

It began with a knock on the classroom door. The children looked up to see a small shadow waiting outside. This shadow was a girl with pale skin, shiny hair, ...


Silverfin Graphic Novel Book Review Cover

James Bond has just arrived at his new school. Eton doesn’t seem very friendly and the uniform is far too fancy for his liking. Luckily, one student extends a hand ...


The Welcome Cookies Book Review Cover

Mabel loves Fridays. This is the day each week she and her mum go for a treat at Miss Plum’s Sugar Plum Cafe. They love Miss Plum’s special cakes and ...


The Dictionary Story Book Review Cover

Books know their own stories quite well. But there is one book on the shelf that has the same words as the other books – but doesn’t have any story ...