Sudanese. Poor. Dinka girl in a hostile homeland. Awkward and suffering. This was Alek.
Her tale is written here in ‘Alek, the Extraordinary Life of a Sudanese Refugee’, and reveals what a journey she has had to her current world, now as a  supermodel. She was not discovered in the bushlands of Sudan, as is often [...]

‘Hating Alison Ashley’ is a novel written by Robin Klein. Robin Klein was born in Kempsey, NSW and is now a full-time writer. Many of her books have been short listed for the Australian Children’s Book of the Year award, one being ‘Hating Alison Ashley’ which has also been turned into a movie.
‘Hating Alison Ashley’ [...]

It’s Christmas time and Tully has just finished school. As an average teenager, you would think things should be good for her. Unfortunately, on Christmas Eve, she gets caught up in a hostage situation at her local chemist, and we learn a lot more about her as a result:
“I remember something cold on my neck, [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the series of seven.  It is about the wizard, Harry Potter, and his sixth year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.   In this book, Harry plays Quidditch and solves mysteries with his two best friends, Ron and Hermione. He also accompanies Professor Dumbledore [...]

I have recently just finished reading the ‘Tomorrow When the War Began’ series, over the holidays. It was about eight teenagers who took a trip to a bushland area, up in the mountains, above their town called Wirrawee.
While they were on their trip, the annual show, at the Wirrawee Showground, took place. When the eight teenagers [...]

‘The City of Ember’ is a book where an epic adventure takes place inside an underground city. Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow live in their slowly dying city that is also being stolen from by the mayor and let down by the generator. Lina (a direct descendent of the seventh mayor) has been appointed as [...]

‘A Rose for the Anzac Boys’ is an extraordinarily well researched book by Jackie French about the experience of World War I from the viewpoint of three young teenage girls.  Midge Macpherson is a 16 year old New Zealander studying at an exclusive private school in England, when she becomes friends with two English girls, [...]

The City of Ember is a mysterious place, where all the lights go out at 9 each night, everyone rises early for breakfast. Lately, the lights have been flickering. Supplies are shorter each year, and many supplies and foods are no longer available in Ember.
Until the age of 12, the children of Ember have to [...]

‘Dragon Rider’ is a story where a group of dragons’ home is in danger. They do not have the power to stop such a disaster, so a young dragon called Firedrake and his brownie friend, Sorrel, set out on a journey to look for the one place them and the other dragons will be safe, [...]

‘Wizard’s First Rule’ is the start of an epic series of novels that completely staggers the reader with a number of unexpected twists and turns to keep you enthralled for hours upon hours at a time.
The series revolves around Richard Cypher, a woods guide who has grown up in Westland, a country completely isolated from [...]