Katherine Dretzke
Katherine Dretzke is from Readings Hawthorn
Review — 29 Mar 2016
A Patch From Scratch by Megan Forward
Jesse’s family live in the suburbs outside a big city and are keen to start growing their own food in their backyard. So, the family draw up plans, build a…
Review — 29 Mar 2016
Frankie by Shivaun Plozza
I was drawn to the novel Frankie from the get go, especially as Melina Marchetta had endorsed the title character as ‘gutsy’ on the front cover. And if anyone knows…
Review — 24 Jan 2016
Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard
When I was first given Beautiful Broken Things I was expecting a story of teenage debauchery, a bit of crazy fun. What I was not expecting was a compelling story…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist
I don’t often read young adult autobiographies. This may be because the majority lately are by bloggers or YouTube sensations and, quite frankly, I couldn’t give two hoots about those…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
The Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub
It’s always nice to be given an Australian author to review as I’m a huge advocate for Aussie YA. Having not read Sarah Ayoub’s first book, Hate Is Such A…
Review — 24 Jan 2016
The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard
I’m sad to admit it but I had never read Glenda Millard before The Stars at Oktober Bend and I can say I will be quickly rectifying this.
Alice has…
Review — 26 Oct 2015
Darkmere by Helen Maslin
Keen to fit in with the cool crowd at her new and posh private school, Kate is over the moon when the popular Leo invites her to Darkmere, his newly…
Review — 26 Oct 2015
Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Call me naïve, but I wasn’t really aware there was a genre of fiction known as ‘alternative history’ until I was handed Wolf By Wolf to review. In this novel…
Review — 24 Sep 2015
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
I’m really loving how YA fiction is tackling so many different issues at the moment. Unbecoming, the new novel by Jenny Downham, author of the brilliant Before I Die…
Review — 24 Sep 2015
The River and the Book by Alison Croggon
Not only did this book appeal to me from the get go with its beautiful cover, but the fact that it is endorsed by Amnesty International as a book that…
