Wilder Book Review Cover

There was once a town alongside a river. It was a prosperous trading town and its people were content. At least until something ‘ate’ its river. A marsh grew out ...


The Bad Seed Book Review Cover

The Bad Seed revels in being bad. He likes other seeds being scared of him. He likes pushing in on lines, frightening babies, turning up late to everything and never ...


The Memory Thief Book review Cover

Imagine a world made up of four separate realms. A Coastal Realm where art, singing, writing and imagination are celebrated and taught. A Woodland Realm where Science, Maths and History ...


Two Can Play That Game Book Review Cover

Sam Khoo has a plan. She worked hard on it all through high school, turning down party invites and the fun of hanging out with friends. But her best friend ...


Tumbleglass Book Review Cover

Rowan is helping her older sister paint her room. After moving Ash’s furniture to reach a wall, Rowan finds a beautiful blue ring that suddenly transports them back in time. ...


The Lorikeet Tree Book Review Cover

Twins Alex and Emily are facing their worst nightmare. Their father has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. His best friend Jack Price is a doctor and is the one ...


The Good Egg Book Review Cover

The narrator of this story is a Good Egg. What does that mean? A Good Egg is someone who likes doing things for other people, like carrying groceries, doing jobs ...


Mama's Chickens Book Review Cover

Mama is not happy about the idea of adopting some chickens. They poo everywhere, and she doesn’t even like eggs. But her family convince her, and soon she realises that ...


Oxygen Mask Book Review Cover

An image of the outside of a screen door is the first page of this graphic novel. It is not like any graphic novel I have seen before. As readers ...


The Horror of Dunwick Farm Book Review Cover

What’s going on in Crooked Oak? First it was a small plane crash. Then black SUV’s are everywhere, blocking roads and some say, even phone signals. Pete, Krish and Nancy ...


The Midnight Girls Book Review Cover

Once upon a time there were three witches…. These witches are sisters. White Yaga, Red Yaga and Black Yaga. Each witch is immensely powerful and in competition with one another ...


Gender Swapped Greek Myths Book Review Cover

These stories thousands of years old have stood the test of time, and with their age old themes of loss, love and sacrifice, still impact our lives and new stories written ...


Two degrees Book Review Cover

The Sierra Nevada, California – Akira – It’s a beautiful day, and Akira is doing her most favourite thing in the world, riding her horse Dodger in the mountains around her ...


Easy Peasy Book review Cover

Ruby is excited when she receives her birthday present. When she shakes the box she can’t guess what might be inside. Finally ripping the paper from the gift she discovers ...


Super Ghost Book Review Cover

For the past twenty years Captain Chaos has been attacking Paragon City. Luckily this city has its own ‘in house’ super hero – Dr Extraordinary to come to its rescue. ...


Clown in a Cornfield Book Review Cover

Quinn is prepared to make it work at her new school. Her plan is to remain low key for her final year before college. Quinn’s father is the new doctor ...


Patu Book Review Cover

Jahnine’s family is cursed. At least, that’s what her grandmother believed. Generations before, her Irish descendant fought in the NZ Land Wars, and afterwards boasted about the greenstone Patu that ...


Prey Zone Book Review Cover

Robyn Ballantyne and her younger brother Ralph have grown up on their family ranch called Crocodile Lodge in South Africa. Along with their ex-soldier father, they are passionate about the ...


A Glasshouse of Stars Book Review Cover

Meixing (Mayzing) Lim and her parents have moved to a new home in Australia. They were invited by Ma Ma’s older brother to live with him, but before they arrived ...


Need a House? Call Ms Mouse! Book Review Cover

This much loved picture book (originally published 1981) has been rereleased in a gorgeous hardback format. Ms Mouse is a talented designer and architect, and much in demand by animals ...


It’s the last day of school and Archie Coombes is looking forward to his summer break with his friends, Chris, Oliver and Athena. The anticipation would’ve been perfect if it ...


The Little Match Girl Strikes Back Book Review Cover

Bridie knows the story called The Little Match Girl, and doesn’t think much of it. She’d rather have a chance at a better life, than people feeling sorry for her ...


Green Rising Book Review Cover

Climate Change is everywhere and cannot be ignored. Wide fires rage, floods wipeout villages, topsoil and lives, and the oceans are dying. Theo knows this well as his father’s fishing boat ...


Within These Wicked Walls Book Review

Andromeda is tired, hot, hungry and desperate for shelter. She has been living on the streets, using all the skills she has been taught by her mentor to stay alive. ...


Needle Book Review Cover

Charlene’s knitting keeps her calm. She has been knitting since young, steadily improving until now she can knit almost any shape just from a picture. She’s glad to have her ...


The Boy Who Lost His Spark Book Review Cover

Jem is the kind of boy who can’t sit still. His feet and body want to be busy and without meaning to, he is sometimes clumsy and even disruptive in ...


The Killing Code Book Review Cover

Worried about her future, a young woman has been unexpectedly given a chance at a new life. After only a few hours into it, Kit Sutherland is suddenly offered another. ...


Mischievous Milly Book Review Cover

There’s a new fluffy baby on Royalburn Station!   “The bundle has a fluffy coat, all patchy brown and white. It has golden eyes and tiny horns, and says MEEEHHHH ...