WW84 Ready for Battle, Calliope Glass

    Thank you to Scholastic for this book in exchange for an honest review     Synopsis: Diana Prince has been living quietly among mortals in the era of excess: the 1980s. Though she’s come into her full powers, she maintains a low profile, curating ancient artifacts at the Smithsonian and performing heroic acts incognito. But now Diana will have to step directly into…

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Plastic Free, Rebecca Prince-Ruiz & Joanna Atherfold Finn

    Thank you Newsouth Books for this book in exchange for an honest review       Synopsis: In July 2011, Rebecca Prince-Ruiz challenged herself to go plastic free for the whole month. Starting with a small group of people in the city of Perth, the Plastic Free July movement has grown into a 250-million strong community across 177 countries, empowering people to reduce…

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Harrow Lake, Kat Ellis

    Thank you Penguin for this book in exchange for an honest review     Synopsis: Welcome to Harrow Lake. Someone’s expecting you . . . Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker – she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she’s swiftly packed off to live with a grandmother…

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The Rise of the Remarkables: Brasswitch and Bot, Gareth Ward

  Thank you Walker Books for this book in exchange for an honest review       Synopsis: Drawn into a world of prejudice, deceit and danger, Wrench must master her powers, knowing they offer her only hope for survival . . . if they don’t destroy the world first. Screams surge along York’s narrow Victorian streets as a run-away crackle-tram races toward disaster. Fearing…

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Tribal Lores, Archimede Fusillo

    Thank you Walker Books for this book in exchange for an honest review     Synopsis: A moving and explosive tale about what happens when tradition and the need to belong collide. Frankie Rescio is struggling with the death of his sister. Next door, Lochie Marsh is about to have his world invaded by his estranged, pregnant half-sister and her layabout boyfriend. Despite…

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