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The Skin I'm In Book Review Cover

The Skin I’m In

Year 12. Layla’s final year at her Australian high school. It lay ahead of her like a red carpet into .....

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The Things We Leave Behind Book Review Cover

The Things We Leave Behind

Clem is loving her 15th birthday party. Among the guests are her best friends Mischa and Danny, her dad who .....

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The Chronicles of Whetherwhy - The ge of Enchantment Book Review Cover

The Chronicles of Whetherwhy – The Age of Enchantment

Twins Juniper and Rafferty are nervous about the upcoming test all 13 yr olds must do in the land of .....

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Silverfin Graphic Novel Book Review Cover

Silverfin – Young Bond

James Bond has just arrived at his new school. Eton doesn’t seem very friendly and the uniform is far too .....

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Kia Ora Baby Book Review Cover

Kia Ora Baby

There’s a baby on the way! A small child knows that there is a baby in mummy’s tummy, but isn’t .....

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The Falling Boy Book Review Cover

The Falling Boy

Joff is relieved school is over and weeks of summer holidays stretch before him. He can stroll around his small .....

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Jason Mason and the Dastardly Master of Disguise Book Review Cover

Jason Mason (3) and Dastardly Master of Disguise

Jason Mason is on a new top secret mission. This time it’s in the City of Love – Paris, France. .....

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Leo and Ralph Book Review Cover

Leo and Ralph

Leo and Ralph are the very best of mates. They dream-up and play games together, hang out together everyday and .....

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Awatea's Treasure Book Review Cover

Awatea’s Treasure

Awa loves spending time on his grandparent’s farm, far from home and close to the sea. He helps bring the .....

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Awatea and the Kawa Gang Book Review Cover

Awatea and the Kawa Gang

Awa is back staying with his grandparents on the East Coast of New Zealand. After spending time with them before, .....

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Awatea's Secret Book Review Cover

Awatea’s Secret

Back in their own home, brothers Awatea and Tai miss having adventures at Mangokuri with their grandparents, and their parrot .....

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The Letter with the Golden Stamp

Audrey is a very busy nine-year-old. Before school she gets up, makes breakfast for herself and her twin siblings, helps .....

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The Star Outside My Window Book Review Cover

The Star Outside My Window

Aniyah is a Star Hunter. She knows the other name and that adult Star Hunters prefer the term Astronomer, but .....

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A Town Called Treachery Book Review Cover

A Town called Treachery

Matthew might only be 11 but he’s been a fan of journalism since very young. When the sirens sound in .....

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The Ever Standing Tree Book Review Cover

The Ever-Standing Tree – Te Rākau Tū Tonu

Pani and Waima aren’t happy with Dad’s new idea. He has taken an axe to the tree behind their house, .....

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Funny Kid (7) Next Level Book Review Cover

Funny Kid (7) Next Level

Max isn’t sure what to do when he finds a friend asleep in a toilet cubicle at school. When he .....

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Hester Hitchins and the Falling Stars Book Review Cover

Hester Hitchins and the Falling Stars

Hester doesn’t much like living with her uncle. But her and her siblings have no choice in the matter after .....

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Rimu The Tree of Time Book Review Cover

Rimu: The Tree of Time

If only Amorangi had done his homework. On the way to school he remembers the classroom treat for doing this .....

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The Squeakling Book Review Cover

The Squeakling: The tale of Spike, Max and the tiny intruder

Max and Spike can’t figure it out. They were once pampered pooches – loved by their owners, Sugar and Hey .....

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Arkspire - The Order of Misfits Book Review Cover

Arkspire (2) The Order of Misfits

Juniper has survived the tower challenge the vengeful Arcanists threw at her. People of the Dregs are cheering her name, .....

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Pages & Co (1) Tilly and the Book Wanderers

Matilda Pages loves living with her grandparents next to their popular bookshop Pages & Co. She also loves curling up .....

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Pages & Co (2) Book Review Cover

Page & Co (2) Tilly and the Lost Fairytales

Tilly is getting used to her new life as a book wanderer. Her mum, now home after being missing Tilly’s .....

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Pages & Co 3 - Map of Stories Book Review Cover

Pages & Co (3) The Map of Stories

With Decima and her brother Melville Underwood ruling the British Underlibrary, things have gotten even worse. Tilly Pages and her .....

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The Raven's Eye Runaways Book Review Cover

The Raven’s Eye Runaways

Getwin is sick of working so much. As her mother’s assistant in their bookbinding business, Getwin is a skilled binder .....

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But then... Book Review Cover

But Then…

A boy and his grandfather arrive at the library desk with a book. The librarian is not happy.   “This .....

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Duffy and the Bullies Book Review Cover

Duffy and the Bullies

Duffy is looking forward to rugby practice after school. There’s an important game coming up against the Tūī’s who beat .....

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The Cats We Meet Along The Way Book Review Cover

The Cats We Meet Along The Way

Aisha and her mother have carried on living after Aisha’s 19 year old sister June, left. It’s been hard for .....

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Little House Book Review Cover

Little House

Juno is angry at her mum. She has gone away and left Juno with her grandfather for the summer. There .....

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One Last Breath Book Review Cover

One Last Breath

Tru lives to dive. Living in Mount Orange with its crystal clear mineral springs, Tru has learnt to free dive .....

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Hi From Outer Space Book Review Cover

Hi from Outer Space

Taking the family dog Patti for a walk one night changed everything for Alex Lee. Watching the night sky, she .....

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