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Timeless and timely, Hannah Marshall
Winter Of Fire (25th Anniversary Edition) Sherryl Jordan Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775435983 A dismal world where the sun has disappeared is the backdrop for Sherryl Jordan’s hard-hitting and powerful novel Winter Of Fire. Back in print 25 years after its…
Tagged with: Hannah Marshall, Issue 128, Scholastic, Sherryl Jordan, Summer 2019
Posted in Imprints, Review, Young adults
Posted in Imprints, Review, Young adults
Why Y? David Hill
Ursa Tina Shaw Walker Books, $23.00, ISBN 9781760651244 Invisibly Breathing Eileen Merriman Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772859 Flight of the Fantail Steph Matuku Huia, $30.00, ISBN 9781775503521 An unspecified number of years back at a Going West Festival, I…
Tagged with: Eileen Merriman, Huia, Issue 126, Penguin Random House, Steph Matuku, Tina Shaw, Walker Books, Winter 2019
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Modern love, Hannah Marshall
Invisibly Breathing Eileen Merriman Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772859 Invisibly Breathing is Eileen Merriman’s third novel, and it offers more than your typical romance. Bullying, homophobia and being an outsider – Merriman tackles plenty of tough topics in this…
Tagged with: Eileen Merriman, Hannah Marshall, Issue 126, Penguin Random House, Winter 2019
Posted in Literature, Review, YA Reviewers, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, YA Reviewers, Young adults
Almost too true, Aleksia Drain
Lyla Fleur Beale Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760113780 Lyla is a book written in raw truth. The story begins in a world of homework and the normal everyday life of a young schoolgirl named Lyla. She attends Avonside Girls’…
Tagged with: Aleksia Drain, Allen and Unwin, Fleur Beale, Issue 123, Spring 2018
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Life and death before 20, Angelina Sbroma
Catch Me When You Fall Eileen Merriman Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770930 Ash Arising Mandy Hager Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772439 Eileen Merriman’s Catch Me When You Fall – a title that provokes a head-tilt to begin with and that takes multiple…
Tagged with: Angelina Sbroma, Eileen Merriman, Issue 123, Mandy Hager, Penguin, Spring 2018
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Breath-taking, Feya Durkin
Oxygen William Trubridge HarperCollins, $40.00, ISBN 9781775541134 Oxygen, by William Trubridge, is a breath-taking story about one man’s quest to push his body and mind to the absolute limits. Trubridge is a professional New Zealand freediver, and Oxygen tells the…
More than just the usual, Flora Fan
Pieces of You Eileen Merriman Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770473 Pieces of You is a typical YA coming-of-age novel that surprisingly offers more than a cliché. Not least, it is uniquely set in the familiar setting of Auckland.…
Tagged with: Eileen Merriman, Flora Fan, Issue 120, Penguin Random House, Summer 2017
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Wonderful New Zealand everydayness, Caitlin Walker
The Year of Falling Janis Freegard Mākaro Press, $35.00 ISBN 9780994106575 Selina’s life seems perfect. She’s got the job of her dreams, she and her boyfriend have been together for a record 18 months, and she’s got her health under…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, Caitlin Walker, Issue 117, Janis Freegard, Mākaro Press
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
From a trio of veterans, Anna Mackenzie
The Severed Land Maurice Gee Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770244 Shooting Stars Brian Falkner Scholastic, $21.00, ISBN 9781775433606 Cool Nukes Des Hunt Scholastic, $20.00, ISBN 9781775433422 As a veteran of more than 50 years, Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand’s…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2017, Brian Falkner, Des Hunt, Issue 117, Maurice Gee, Penguin, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults