Athina Clarke
Athina Clarke is from Readings Carlton
Review — 2 Feb 2014
Ophelia And The Marvellous Boy by Karen Foxlee
Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy has it all: a magical realm embroiled in a battle between good and evil; a council of wizards pitted against an evil Snow Queen; a…
Review — 2 Feb 2014
A Book is a Book Jenny Bornholdt & illustrated by Sarah Wilkins
I gasped with delight on my first encounter with this whimsical marriage of words and pictures, and I reverently turned the cream-coloured pages with their delightful illustrations. Obviously talented creators…
Review — 24 Nov 2013
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
This first book in the Starbound trilogy – aptly described by the publisher as Titanic in space – reads like a star-crossed lovers’ tale but it’s so much more: a…
Review — 29 Oct 2013
Jump by Sean Williams
Clair’s world is remarkable; technology has completely transformed people’s lives. All requirements are reproduced instantly by ‘fabbers’, eliminating the need for money. Most importantly the creation of d-mat has revolutionised…
Review — 29 Oct 2013
Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron
Boy could be a typical seventeen-year-old geek. He’s happiest holed up in his room, an ingenious hacker, creating code or chatting to his online buddies at all hours. Yet Boy…
Review — 3 Sep 2013
Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up The World by Elizabeth Rusch & Oliver Dominguez
Successfully distilling an incredible life’s work into an informative and inspiring picture book is no mean feat. Yet this biography of revolutionary thinker and inventor Nikola Tesla does just that…
Review — 24 Jun 2019
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
I was probably eight when I was first captured by Charlotte’s Web. Our teacher read a few chapters aloud every afternoon and each day we longed for more, our…
Review — 30 Jul 2013
The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie by Kirsty Murray
Due to an unfortunate accident, 11-year-old Lucy spends her Christmas holidays with her ancient ‘Aunty Big’ in a rambling old bush homestead. Lucy’s sense of isolation and uncertainty is compounded…
Review — 30 May 2013
Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones
In 1840s London, the star attraction of a travelling freak show is Wild Boy, whose unfortunate appearance has condemned him to a miserable life of rejection and ridicule.
As Wild…
Review — 6 May 2013
My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz & Eva Eriksson
My Happy Life is a gorgeous little book and the perfect next step for children ready to move on from the first readers at school.
Originally published in Swedish before…
