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  • Run for the Hills

    By Kevin Wilson
    0 stars

  • The Summer Girl

    By Jenny Blackhurst
    3 stars

    It was an easy listen, but nothing new, and I suspect I'll forget what it's about in 6 months or so...

  • This Mortal Boy

    By Fiona Kidman
    0 stars

  • Broken Fields

    By Marcie Rendon
    4 stars

    I read this without having read the first three, mainly to complete one of the Goodreads challenges. I'm definitely going to go back and read more though! Cash is a great character, with interesting layers of complexity as she navigates 1970s Minnesota as a young Ojibwe woman, and intergenerational trauma. The casual racism against "Indians" is hard to read but necessary to understand, and these interplays of character and society made the book more than a simple whodunnit.

  • Scars Like Wings

    By Erin Stewart
    4 stars

    This was a palate-cleansing re-read, but I do think this would be a great Y11 text. Has some "Wonder"-esque elements but more relevant to a teen audience.

  • Witch You Would

    By Lia Amador
    3 stars

    An interesting premise - a romcom set in a world where magic is not only part of everyday life, but also the subject of a reality show. The romance was sweet but felt a little forced in parts, and the spice felt out of place. Interesting characters, but I would have liked to know more about the magic systems.

  • The House of My Mother

    By Shari Franke
    4 stars

    Fascinating true story. It has some gaps because the author chose not to speak on behalf of her siblings, which is understandable. Definitely going to watch the documentary now. A good one for teaching about the harms of social media, particulalry on children.

  • A Guardian and a Thief

    By Megha Majumdar
    4 stars

    A short, somewhat harrowing read, set in a near-future Kolkata where temperatures have risen to beyond bearable, and climate refugees are scrambling to leave.

  • Mad Mabel

    By Sally Hepworth
    5 stars

    "Strange Sally Diamond" meets "Elinor Oliphant". I absolutely loved this book!

  • All the Colors of the Dark

    By Chris Whitaker
    4 stars

    A beautifully written literary fiction with fantastic characters, but it dragged a little in the middle. There was a recurring narrative style where the action happens 'off-stage' that I didn't particularly enjoy, too.

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