Bec Kavanagh

Bec Kavanagh is a former Readings Kids bookseller

Review — 21 Jul 2019

Welcome to Your Period by Yumi Stynes, Melissa Kang and Jennifer Latham

Yumi Stynes is right when she says that ‘ Dolly Doctor’ was once the only place to which you could turn for honest advice on bodies and your periods. Thankfully…

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Review — 26 May 2019

Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire by Nat Amoore

Do you remember being a kid and imagining all the things you would do if you had a million dollars? Tess Heckleston, schoolyard entrepreneur, is always trying to make money…

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Review — 26 Mar 2019

The Honeyman and the Hunter by Neil Grant

‘How do we find the place where we belong?’ asks Neil Grant in his newest YA novel, as he follows Rudra Solace from a beachside fishing village on the Australian…

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Review — 25 Feb 2019

Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay

Twelve-year-old Frankie Avery knows that sometimes things fall when they’re not supposed to. When the small plane that’s carrying her dad across Australia falls from the sky, Frankie loses her…

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Review — 29 Jan 2019

The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble

The people who survive when the world turns upside down are the first ones who learn how to walk on their heads.

Ella and her brother Emery are learning to…

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