Girl in Pieces Book Review Cover

Charlie (Charlotte) won’t speak. After all that has happened, she can’t find the words to tell her doctors or fellow patients, and she is taunted a little for her silence ...


Tyger Book Review Cover

Adam sets off on his deliveries for his family’s shop. He knows to keep his head down, and not to meet anyone’s gaze. Especially the guards at his ghetto’s gates, ...


That's Not My Name Book Review Cover

A girl wakes up in a ditch. It’s dark. She’s scared…. and she can’t remember how she got there, or who she is. Soon found and with the police on ...


Fluff Book Review Cover

“What’re you gonna do, Gilbert?”   Gilbert hates these words. Especially when a school bully named Carl is saying them. What it usually means is that Carl has done something ...


If You Tell Anyone, You're Next Book Review Cover

Zoe knows more than they do. The police think her best friend Jayden ran away. Her classmates don’t seem to even care. But Zoe knows Jayden is still alive. He ...


Stuck Up & Stupid Book Review Cover

Lily has just finished school and isn’t sure what she wants to do next. Sure, there’s the possibility of Uni or finding a job but for now, Lily decides to ...


All the Pieces of Me Book Review Cover

Tally is struggling. She often finds navigating friendships at school difficult and home isn’t very smooth at the moment either. Tally’s best friend Layla ‘gets’ the way Tally feels and ...


Once Upon A Wickedness Book Review Cover

Dance Violet has lived with the village’s wise woman since she was left there on the night she was born. This wise woman taught Dance Violet many things. She learnt ...


Keeper of the Lost Cities Book Review Cover

Sophie has never felt like she fits in. At only 12 she is the youngest in her classes due to her academic achievements, but she is shunned for being smart. ...


WONKA Book Review Cover

Despite Willy Wonka and his mum being very poor they are happy together, and Willy’s Mum encourages him to be wildly imaginative and to see the wonder in even the ...


The Big Cheese Book Review Cover

The Big Cheese was once just a tiny curd in a bowl of other curds, but one day he decided he wanted more. He wanted to be the BIG CHEESE. ...


The Kingdom over the Sea Book Review Cover

“…I hope that you will never need this letter…” Reading this line stabs at Yara’s heart, because the letter was only to be read if something happened to her mother…. ...


I Kick and I Fly Book Review Cover

A dirt floored hut, made of tarps and plastic, is Heera’s home. It is built on another’s land, alongside other shacks and dwellings. Some are more substantial made of straw ...


Impossible Creatures Book Review Cover

Although animals and birds have always been drawn to Christopher, he never thought he’d see a unicorn running his way! It’s not long since he arrived at his grandfather’s house, ...


Begin Again Book Review Cover

The recognisable hand written font style of the title instantly lets us know we have another Oliver Jeffers piece of art and story in our hands. And this time it’s for ...


The Secret of The Wolf Book Review Cover

Kristina can’t wait to get back to her favourite place – Wendelby horse-riding camp. She will be spending ten days riding and being with special friends she made a year before. ...


The Great Texas Dragon Race Book review

Cassidy has just turned 13, although she is mature for her age. She’s a proud Texan living with her Dad and Grandma on their Dragon Sanctuary. They have all kinds ...


Ross the Cat Book Review Cover

Have you ever been to Pukekura Park in New Plymouth? There is so much to see. There is the boating lake and the Poet’s Bridge. There is a Band Rotunda, ...


Swarm Book Review Cover

They looked amazing at first. Shur first saw one when she watched other students looking up at something. A huge monarch butterfly sat upon a school building, drying its wings ...


Silver Linings Book Review Cover

Nettie lives on her family’s dairy farm in a small town of New South Wales Australia. She is the youngest of four daughters and has never known a mother figure. ...


The Space We're In Book Review Cover

Frank is a ten year old boy who lives with his mum, dad and brother in a ramshackle house. Frank loves football and deciphering codes and he’s particularly good at ...


Blue Blue Christmas Book Review Cover

Things are warming up down under, and Christmas is on its way. There are lots Santa pictures around at this time of year, but he is always surrounded by snow. ...


Dogtown Book Review Cover

Chance is just one of the dogs at Dogtown, a shelter for dogs. He doesn’t blame his owners for being there as they had entrusted him with a house sitter ...


October, October Book Review Cover

October loves her father and the wood they live in, in that order. Close behind are the trees, creatures and wild way the seasons change around them. October has known ...


The Eternal Return of Clara Hart Book Review Cover

It’s been exactly a year since that message from Dad. A year since James (Spence) Spencer learnt of the accident. A year since he lost his mum. Spence’s mates Anthony ...


New Zealand Migration Book Review Cover

New Zealand’s population is made entirely of immigrants. People from countries all over the globe from the year 1200 to today have made Aotearoa their home. Across New Zealand’s immigration ...


There's a T-Rex in my Tummy Book Review Cover

A young boy lies in his bed, where worries have crept up on him. His stomach has begun to hurt, as if a tiny T-Rex has started to stomp around ...