Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of eleven YA novels including After the Lights Go Out, The Boundless Sublime, Green Valentine and Pink. Lili established the insideadog.com.au website and the Inky Awards at the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, and lives in Melbourne with her … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Lili Wilkinson
Australian Books for Children and Young Adults
Book Review: Rogue by A.J. Betts
Rogue – Book 2 in The Vault series... About the Book: ‘There was no going back; there was no choice, anymore. I'd chosen out and this was it: hot-cold, dry-wet, bright-dark and lonely.’ Hayley has gone rogue. She's left everything she's ever known - her friends, her bees, her whole world - because her curiosity … Continue reading Book Review: Rogue by A.J. Betts
Book Review: Claire Malone Changes the World by Nadia L. King; Illustrated by Alisa Knatko
Claire Malone Changes the World... About the Book: A new generation of children… They are not afraid of taking responsibilities any more, but they are rather keen on addressing problems. Claire is one of them. The moment she sees the broken swing and the cracked slide in the children’s park in her neighbourhood, she decides … Continue reading Book Review: Claire Malone Changes the World by Nadia L. King; Illustrated by Alisa Knatko
New Release Book Review: Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women by Kate Forsyth
Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women... AUTHOR: Kate Forsyth ILLUSTRATOR: Lorena Carrington About: For many young women, the only fairy-tales they know are the ones that have been retold by Walt Disney studios. Once upon a time, these stories of magical transformation were meant for young women as they grew away … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women by Kate Forsyth
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