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Grappling with the world, Jill Holt

Posted on June 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Dirt Bomb Fleur Beale Random House, $19.95, ISBN 9781869795467 The Bridge Jane Higgins The Text Publishing Company, $26.00, ISBN 9781921758331 Calling the Gods Jack Lasenby HarperCollins, $24.99, ISBN 9781869509484 These three novels shortlisted for the senior fiction…

Tagged with: Fleur Beale, HarperCollins, Issue 98, Jack Lasenby, Jane Higgins, Jill Holt, Random House, Text Publishing, Winter 2012
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

Thoughtful thrills, Jill Holt

Posted on September 1, 2011 by NZ Books

Fierce September Fleur Beale Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869793289 Guardian of the Dead Karen Healey Allen & Unwin, $19.99, ISBN 9781741758801 Resurrection Mandy Hager Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869795221 When do young people have the chance to engage in…

Tagged with: Allen & Unwin, Fleur Beale, Issue 95, Jill Holt, Karen Healey, Mandy Hager, Random House, Spring 2011
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

Give peace a chance, Jill Holt

Posted on September 1, 2010 by NZ Books

The Limping Man Maurice Gee Puffin, $19.99, ISBN 9780143305163 The Limping Man is the final volume of Maurice Gee’s Salt trilogy for teenagers. The trilogy portrays a grim city of a wrecked civilisation whose dictator is determined to destroy the…

Tagged with: Issue 91, Jill Holt, Maurice Gee, Puffin, Spring 2010
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

Breaking free, Jill Holt

Posted on March 1, 2008 by NZ Books

The Dumpster Saga Craig Harrison Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99, ISBN 9781869438166 Salt Maurice Gee Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 9780143303350 The Sea-wreck Stranger Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361883 It’s hard to imagine and salutary to recall that many teenagers do…

Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2008, Craig Harrison, Issue 81, Jill Holt, Longacre Press, Maurice Gee, Puffin, Scholastic New Zealand
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults