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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
Beyond the pale, Kathryn Walls
Heloise Mandy Hager Penguin Random House, $38.00, ISBN 9780143770992 Heloise is Mandy Hager’s reconstruction in novelistic terms of the lives of the 12th-century lovers Heloise and Abelard, told from Heloise’s point of view. While both Abelard and Heloise read a…
Tagged with: Issue 120, Kathryn Walls, Mandy Hager, Penguin Random House, Summer 2017
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Boys’ own adventures, Tina Shaw
Singing Home the Whale Mandy Hager Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781775536574 Magic and Makutu David Hair HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509330 If these two titles are anything to go by, New Zealand young adult fiction is in good shape. These are…
Tagged with: Autumn 2015, David Hair, HarperCollins, Issue 109, Mandy Hager, Random House, Tina Shaw
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Wearing their ethics on their sleeves, Jack Ross
Mortal Fire Elizabeth Knox Gecko Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781877579530 Dear Vincent Mandy Hager Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781775533276 There was a time when I used to wait eagerly for each new YA novel by Margaret Mahy. Starting with The Haunting…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Knox, Gecko Press, Issue 103, Jack Ross, Mandy Hager, Random House, Spring 2013
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
The hand of fear, Mandy Hager
Telling Lies Tricia Glensor HarperCollins, $20.00, ISBN 9781869509347 Earth Dragon, Fire Hare Ken Catran HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509415 There seems to have been a rash of books recently about our involvement in the two world wars, and both these YA…
Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 100, Ken Catran, Mandy Hager, Summer 2012, Tricia Glensor
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Thoughtful thrills, Jill Holt
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
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
A “rotten” novelist, Mandy Hager
Mandy Hager dodges Anne of Green Gables to reach for Paul Gallico. Paul Gallico’s Flowers for Mrs Harris is a simple tale related in his unpretentious and somewhat “telling” style. Revisiting something well-loved from childhood or adolescence is always a…
No holds barred, Joan de Hamel
Too Many Secrets Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508562 Smiling Jack Ken Catran HarperCollins, $22.99, ISBN 9781 869508128 The Haystack Jack Lasenby HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508524 Into the Wilderness Mandy Hager Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869793296 Adele Broadbent is an…
Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, HarperCollins, Issue 91, Jack Lasenby, Joan de Hamel, Ken Catran, Mandy Hager, Random House
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Innocence and experience, Saskia Voorendt
The Crossing Mandy Hager Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869791506 Blackthorn’s Betrayal Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books, $17.00, ISBN 9781921529030 Bute View Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423253 Fire on High David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423321 Mandy Hager’s The…
Tagged with: David Hill, Elizabeth Pulford, Issue 88, Janice Marriott, Mallinson Rendel, Mandy Hager, Random House, Saskia Voorendt, Summer 2009, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
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