In the olden days, when I was young, the power used to go out in Melbourne’s suburbs a few times a year. Occasionally annoying, but more often great fun, it…

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By the second paragraph of this book, you will think you know what happened to young Patch Macauley. (Spoiler alert: You don’t.) By the second page, you will need to…

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This novel has a jaunty cover, suggesting a somewhat twee mystery lies within. The author’s surname, Sweet, deceives the reader into thinking this is something that it is not. The…

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The first time I read this picture book, I read it out loud to my cat. She has never been in a truck, and she slept through the whole thing…

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Katy’s sister Phoebe has vanished into thin air on a solo trip around Australia. Determined to find her when no one else can, Katy sets off in a van just…

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This is not your usual love story. Elly and Enzo break up in the first line of the first paragraph on the first page of the novel, and you know…

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A child watches their parent talk all day, using their phone all day, constantly communicating in ways the little one simply cannot comprehend. Eventually that child asks, ‘Will you have…

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Most of us lead law abiding lives. Sure, there’s the occasional speeding fine, or you went slightly outside the 5k limit during lockdown, or pinched a packet of lifesavers when…

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Ruby is a modern day hellraiser, a bored teenager with little direction in life and a chip on her shoulder. Kate is the sister of Australia’s most famous bushranger, determined…

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Pearl Harbor has been attacked and America looks set to join her allies in the war in Europe. On the streets of Boston, far from the killing fields, there are…

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