I began Their Fractured Light wondering if my many questions would be answered. The two earlier books in the Starbound series, These Broken...
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1. What's your hidden talent? I can play the didgeridoo. 2. Who is your favourite literary villain and why? Mr. and Mrs. Twit (from The ...
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Nine-year-old Ruby Wishfingers has an extraordinary name and likes to think about extraordinary things, but her father tells her she should ...
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Chip is absolutely crazy for fish and chips (who isn't??). The fish part is often missing, but plenty of chip scraps can often be found....
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1. What's your hidden talent? Hmmmm. I’m fairly good at hacky-sack. And I play a mean game of ‘Guess Who’. 2. Who is your favourite lite...
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Unable to find any book characters in a hijab for school Book Parades, children’s librarian Ozge Alkan approached award winning author Hazel...
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To support the #LoveOzYA initiative, each month Kids' Book Review will ask an Australian YA author to share their favourite Australian ...
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Jen Storer’s first picture book is a cracker. It is clever and funny. Her use of spoonerisms and word play, together with the most lovable b...
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1. Tell us something hardly anyone knows about you. When I was 4 years old I went on holiday to Brighton Pier and got to ride inside a Dale...
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Little Brother is impatient to be part of the preparations for the Spring Festival. He has been told that he has a very special responsibili...
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Kids' Book Review is delighted to welcome Australian author Will Kostakis, who shares the a little of the process of developing his late...
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Do you remember how much we loved each other? The times we would spend all day in the fields? You’d tell me stories and we would laugh for h...
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Credit: Joanna Everitt, ImaJE Photography 1. What's your hidden talent? Reverse parking. I go backwards really well. Oh, and I can hold ...
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When Phoebe’s favourite football player gets married, she starts to think about all the people she knows who have been married recently. She...
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Sam is a curious, tactile child who exemplifies what it is to be a child--carefree, at one with nature, free from responsibility. He loves t...
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Photo credit: Carol Gibbons Kids' Book Review is delighted to welcome Australian author Kirsty Eagar to discuss her latest YA novel, Sum...
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Barwen is a dead-end small town where even the smallest difference makes you stand out. Sixteen-year-old Clancy has no chance of passing unn...
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Penelope Kingston has decided she won’t feel anxious about school camp. Not at all. Even though camp last year was a disaster, Penelope know...
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Fourteen-year-old Kirra feels like her life is in crisis. She’s questioning her friendships, family relationships, goals and identity. What’...
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