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Book Review : The Silver Hand
The Silver Hand is set in the final months of World War I, and focuses on a young French girl, Aimee, and a German boy,
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Book Review : Where do you go, Birdy Jones?
The story commences when Birdy, whose real name is Bridie, is sobbing over the news that her step-mother, Sadie, is having a baby. Birdy feels
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Book Review : Three wishes
Three Wishes is the story of female triplets and their relationship with each other as they navigate various life challenges. The story begins with a
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Book Review : Ella on the Outside
Ella moves to a new town with her Mum and brother, and starts attending Moor Lane School. It’s stressful for all the family as Ella
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Book Review : Sweet Adversity
Addie McAllister is a feisty 12-year-old whose life goes from one disaster to another. Her parents are Shakespearean actors who find it difficult to find
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Book Review : The Elements of Eloquence
I enjoyed, The Elements of Eloquence : how to turn the perfect English Phrase, immensely. The author, Mark Forsyth has a great sense of humour
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Clunes Book Festival
For about the last ten years Clunes, a small country town in Victoria, run a book festival over a weekend. I’ve been wanting to go
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Book Review : The Unknown Unknown
I greatly enjoyed this little booklet by Mark Forsyth. As well as being a good message, I loved his sense of humour. Forsyth brings out an
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Book Review : Touch the Sun
Touch the Sun is the story of a thirteen-year-old boy and his younger sister, who live in Somalia. Their parents are dead, and they live
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Book Review : The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind is a well-written, well-crafted book and I can understand why it has received such acclaim and been so popular. However,