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Bringing the front line home, Sarah Dickson
Evie’s War Anna MacKenzie Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775537656 Anna Mackenzie’s book gives the reader an insight into WWI through the perspective of Evie, an 18-year-old New Zealander living in England. Shortly after her family arrives there for their tour of…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Issue 114, Longacre, Sarah Dickson, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, YA Reviewers, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, YA Reviewers, Young adults
“thethrillingalchemy”, Emma Martin
From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle Kate De Goldi Longacre, $30.00, ISBN 9781775535768 Kate De Goldi’s writing for children and young adults has been acclaimed for its vibrancy and verisimilitude. De Goldi often takes the reader into psychologically complex…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, Emma Martin, Issue 113, Kate De Goldi, Longacre
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Hormones and hedges David Hill
Into the River Ted Dawe Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775536048 Dappled Annie and the Tigrish Mary McCallum (Annie Hayward illus) Gecko Press, $20.00, ISBN 9781877579912 Anyone present when Into the River won the Senior Fiction and Book of the Year categories…
Tagged with: Annie Hayward, David Hill, Gecko Press, Issue 106, Longacre, Mary McCallum, Ted Dawe, Winter 2014
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Cloaks and generic proper nouns, David Hill
A Necklace of Souls R L Stedman HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781775540069 Ghosts of Parihaka David Hair HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509233 Cattra’s Legacy Anna MacKenzie Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775533184 Phantom of Terawhiti Des Hunt HarperCollins, $20.00, ISBN 9781869509545 Whenever I’m taking…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, David Hair, David Hill, Des Hunt, HarperCollins, Issue 102, Longacre, R L Stedman, Winter 2013
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Myth making, Angelina Sbroma
The Enchanted Flute James Norcliffe Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781869799267 Heart of Danger Fleur Beale Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781869795436 In The Enchanted Flute, James Norcliffe (author of the celebrated Loblolly Boy series) makes classical myth the source and…
Tagged with: Angelina Sbroma, Fleur Beale, Issue 99, James Norcliffe, Longacre, Random House, Spring 2012
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
The light and the dark, Geoffrey Miles
The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer James Norcliffe Longacre, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460692 Sacrifice Joanna Orwin HarperCollins, $26.99, ISBN 9781869509125 It’s rare for a modern children’s writer to create a really original fantasy creature, but James Norcliffe achieved it…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Geoffrey Miles, HarperCollins, Issue 97, James Norcliffe, Joanna Orwin, Longacre
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
A magical innings, Harry Ricketts
The Last Everyday Hero: The Bert Sutcliffe Story Richard Boock Longacre, $39.99, ISBN 9781877460555 Cricket addicts like myself love games like “Who was the greatest New Zealand batsman?” Most shortlists usually boil down to Martin Donnelly, Bert Sutcliffe, Glenn…
Tagged with: Autumn 2011, Bert Sutcliffe, Harry Ricketts, Issue 93, Longacre, Richard Boock
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Past and future worlds, Rose Lovell-Smith
Ebony Hill Anna Mackenzie Longacre, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460487 Blood Lines T K Roxborogh Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143205050 Both these books are sequels to earlier publications honoured by the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and by other…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2011, Issue 93, Longacre, Penguin Books, Rose Lovell-Smith, T K Roxborogh
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults