Book Spotlight Catching Teller Crow by Ambel & Ezekiel Kwaymullina 31 Aug 2020 “And Dad took that personally. He pretty much took all injustice personally, but especially anything to do with Aboriginal people not being treated right. And as he’d told me a…
Book Spotlight How To Build A Family Tree by Eliza Henry Jones 14 Jul 202017 Aug 2020 “Some people fix themselves in ways no one else really gets.” Stella Price is 17 years-old and an expert on helping people. She has read enough self-help books to be…
Book Spotlight The Year The Maps Changed by Danielle Binks 14 Jul 202017 Aug 2020 “Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They are like us humans that way.” This book is set in 1999, on the Morning Peninsula in Victoria.…
Book Spotlight The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper 14 Jul 202017 Aug 2020 “At home, I’m invisible. At school, I’m bizarre. But to the rest of the world I’m a journalist.” This is the opening line of ‘The Gravity of Us’ by Phil…
Book Spotlight Taking Down Evelyn Tait by Poppy Nwosu 1 Jun 202017 Aug 2020 Sonder - it means to understand that everyone around you is living a life as complex and vivid as your own. To me, this is the heart of 'Taking Down…
Book Spotlight Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed 15 Mar 202017 Aug 2020 “The look on her face makes me feel - I can’t even describe it. It’s like beating every level of every video game. And getting elected president of the universe.…
Book Spotlight The Vanishing Deep by Astrid Scholte 9 Mar 202017 Aug 2020 “To survive the next twenty-four hours, I need to become the storm, not succumb to it.” And become the storm she does…. In a world where the oceans have taken…
Book Spotlight The Long-Distance Playlist by Tara Eglington 23 Feb 202017 Aug 2020 Taylor and Isolde used to be best friends - before THAT FIGHT, 18 months ago. It's been radio silence ever since - until Taylor contacts Isolde to sympathise with her…
Book Spotlight Lenny’s Book Of Everything by Karen Foxlee 15 Sep 201917 Aug 2020 I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was scared. 'Whatever you do,' I said to Davey on the walk…
Book Spotlight The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim 25 Aug 201917 Aug 2020 Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister and helping out at her dad’s restaurant, all while her mum stays in bed. Dad’s new delivery…
