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Ministers and priests and Buddhist monks and talk-show hosts—all those people who are supposed to be real smart and wise and stuff—always sa...

I don't often read 'ghost' stories because it is one of a very few genres that I do not really enjoy but the author of this book...

Meadowlark Elizabeth Heron-Finch is known as Lark and she has returned to the island where her mother lived as a child. Lark has come with h...

I seem to read so many middle grade novels where the main character, often a young girl, is grieving the death of a parent, usually her moth...

Author blurb : It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg and could not keep up with her ballet training and audit...

I know this seems really crazy but this is the same book!  In US this book, by Janae Marks, is called From the Desk of Zoe Washingt...

Young Ben is the quiet hero of this story.  His beautiful grandmother has died and Grandpa Joe is very deeply sad. So sad he cannot get o...

If you have been following this blog you may know I am a huge fan of Margaret Mahy .  We always include a selection of her picture books int...

" At the very tallest point there's a flat rock. I drop my pack in the snow and scramble up. Now I'm on the highest bit on the ...

My mummy is strong, my mummy is tall, my mummy is intelligent and my mummy can do jigsaw puzzles.  Our narrator, however, has no daddy.  S...

I wonder why I am drawn to books like Waiting for Normal . Addie is living such a dysfunctional life and while there are adults on her side ...