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Ice Wolves is a book about two kids, Rayna and Anders, who are twins. When the two manifest as two different elemental forms; Anders an Ice Wolf and Rayna a Dragon; Anders is confused. His sister is nothing like the brutish dragons that stole her away. Anders decides the only course of action is to enlist at Ulfar Academy. So when he starts to unravel something that the wolves are keeping a secret Anders puts his life on the line to save his sister. I would recommend this boo

Here is a special guest post from my younger sister, Kyah! Take it away Kyah! Thanks Noah. This book is about Eliza Vanda, a girl called Milly, a cat called Sultan, and a boy called Victor who is also a mouse. Confusing right! Milly's life is a bit boring and hard at the moment, but when Eliza Vanda arrives it becomes adventurous, magical and exciting. Milly goes on adventures to different worlds, different magical worlds but she always takes Victor with her. Victor is a mous

This blog post is a few months old now - and I meant to post it up the day my brother and sister went to the Sydney Writer's Festival with their school, but somehow it slipped into the Nether and I forgot.... So here is a little synopsis from my sister, Kyah about her trip to the Sydney Writer's Festival back in May. "Today I got to go to the Sydney Writers Festival with a group of kids from my school and a few teachers. We met lots of authors, like Emily Rodda, Jessica Towns

It is no secret that I love reading and that I run a little Street Library out the front of our house. I built this at the beginning of 2020 as part of my Year 6 Community Service Project and I have really enjoyed watching it being used by kids in our neighbourhood ever since. This month I was asked to be the Librarian of the month over on Street library Australia. I am so chuffed to have been featured. Street Libraries are a great way to share your love of books and reading

As you may know, I have built and run a street Library out the front of our house. I built it last year during our first Covid-19 pandemic lockdown here in Sydney and filled it with children's books. It gets a lot of use and I love seeing all the local families come to share, borrow and read books from the library. During our most recent school holidays (which also happened to be during lockdown) I had one of our Library users return a book from the library along with her ver

The Alice stories are a series of four books. I recommend this series for 8 or 7+. It can be quite sad at times but also can be funny and humorous. Alice is a gifted ballerina and her life is getting changed by the war and the Spanish flu. Alice has five siblings not including herself and from youngest to oldest it goes: Pudding, Little, Mabel, George, Alice (herself) and Teddy. Later on they meet James, who is a soldier with only one arm. He came back from the war thinking t

Since 2012, when the first book was published, Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger has been a huge hit with readers young and old. In this blog post you will get the brief on all the books, 1 to 8.5. Book #1 Keeper of the Lost Cities: Sophie Foster is a 12 year old child genius and is taking high school classes at her school. But thats not the only thing thats special about her, Sophie is a Telepath. On an excursion at a museum she meets Fitz, a Telepath like her w

This book series encompasses 3 books so far: Nevermoor; Wundersmith; Hollowpox, and they are one of my favourite series. The author Jessica Townsend has created a masterpiece. The books follow young girl Morrigan Crow, who has grown up a cursed child. Destined to die on Eventide night, she is rescued by the mad ginger, Jupiter North and whisked away to the fantabulous city of Nevermoor where her adventures are only just starting. When I first read these books I fell in love w

For those who like Japanese mythology, ancient Japan or just a magic book this is the one for you. It is a book about a kitsune (yokai) girl who's temple is attacked by demons. She encounters an assassin of the Shadow Clan and they travel to the capital together in a dangerous journey seeking the same thing. I would give this book to an 11-16-year-old because there are some graphic descriptions and the tiniest smidge of mature themes. There is also pretty much one swear word

The 39 clues is a must read series for those of you who like adventure, action, mystery and sheer determination in the face of death. This series follows 2 siblings Amy and Dan Cahill as they compete in a race around the world to find a serum that will make them the most powerful people in the world. But to find it they must collect all 39 clues hidden around the world while staying alive against all odds. The other competitors will stop at nothing to get the serum, including