PASSIONATE ABOUT SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Lightfall: The Dark Times
– Tim Probert –
Lightfall #3
HarperAlley
Published 2 April 2024
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I think this might easily be one of my favourite books of 2024. It’s definitely one of my favourite graphic novels. Lightfall: The Dark Times is utterly spectacular. From the gorgeous illustrations to the characters that have captured my heart, this graphic novel, the third in the Lightfall series, seriously shines.
The First Summer of Callie McGee
– A.L. Tait –
Scholastic Australia
Published 1 August 2023
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The Summer of Callie McGee is a fun middle grade novel about growing up, finding your voice, and family summer holidays, with a bit of crime solving sleuthing thrown for good measure.
Taylor Swift
– Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Borghild Fallberg (ill) –
Little People, Big Dreams
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Published 11 June 2024
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I couldn’t resist reading and reviewing this Taylor Swift Little People, Big Dreams book. I know I’ll have to buy multiple copies for my school library, including a copy in our secondary library. We are adding a few of the Little People, Big Dreams series to our secondary biography collection, just people the senior kids relate to or are mad for. And there is no one they are quite as keen on as Taylor Swift (though there are also plenty of staff Swifties, including the principal).
Wild Dreamers
– Margarita Engle –
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published 23 April 2024
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Wild Dreamers is a story of two teens, both facing significant challenges in their lives and their chance meeting and magical connection. It’s a story of singing therapy dogs, treacherous water, broken hearts, fleeing for safety and trying to save a species of animals gravely impacted by humans.
Wild Dreamers is a sad story, yet with sparks of hope. The writing is lyrical and magical, befitting this charming novel in verse.
In The Orbit of You
– Ashley Schumacher –
Wednesday Books
Published 19 March 2024
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I have very mixed feelings about In the Orbit of You. On one hand, I totally adored this story, loved every minute of its torturous tension and yet heartwarming tale.
Walking Trees
– Marie-Louise Gay –
Groundwood Books
Published 5 March 2024
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Walking Trees is an utterly delightful picture book. We meet Lily, who lives in the city with her father. She fondly remembers a visit to a forest and that’s where her love for trees started. But there are not many trees in her city. None at all, in fact. So, Lily asks for a tree for her birthday.
A Fragile Enchantment
– Allison Saft –
Wednesday Books
Published 2 January 2024
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A Fragile Enchantment is a fantastic mix of Regency era fashion, balls and matchmaking and fantasy political intrigue. Spies, secrets, scandals, alliances, and forbidden romances, it is addictive and delightful.
Even If It Breaks Your Heart
– Erin Hahn –
Wednesday Books
Published 6 February 2024
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It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that I’ve fallen in love with as quickly as I did with Even If It Breaks Your Heart. It was everything I needed – horses, grief, friendship, slow burn romance, family and just so much heart it was an utter delight to read.
You Need A Manifesto
– Charlotte Burgess-Auburn and Stanford d.School –
Ten Speed Press
Published 4 October 2022
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You Need A Manifesto is my favourite of the d.School Guides that I have read so far. If you are interested in directing your creativity, narrowing down your vision or just putting into writing your thoughts about your future, I highly recommend You Need A Manifesto.
Out of Our League
– Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli (editors) –
Feiwel and Friends
Published 23 January 2024
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This is a book I have been waiting for for a very long time. An anthology of YA stories about girls and sport.
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