Dani Solomon

Dani Solomon is the manager of Readings Kids

Review — 28 Feb 2021

The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel by Nicki Greenberg

Pepper’s father is the captain of the RMS Aquitania, a huge luxury liner transporting people across the Atlantic Ocean from England to New York. After years of begging, Pepper finally…

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Review — 31 Jan 2021

The World Between Blinks by Amie Kaufman & Ryan Graudin

The World Between Blinks is the place where things, buildings, cities and people end up when they are truly lost. So it’s a bit of a surprise when Marisol and…

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Review — 1 Oct 2020

Roll with It by Jamie Sumner

Ellie isn’t exactly looking forward to starting at a new school in a new town. Despite her doctors confirming that her brain scans reveal ‘no abnormal activity’ (yay! no more…

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Review — 8 Nov 2020

When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke

When We Say Black Lives Matter explains to the reader why Black lives matter. It talks about what ‘Black Lives Matter’ means exactly and why it still needs to be…

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Review — 6 Sep 2020

The Fire Star by A.L. Tait

When Maven and Reeve, two servant children, meet for the first time, they barely have time to start to dislike each other before the Fire Star – a precious gem…

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Review — 2 Aug 2020

Found by Bruce Pascoe & Charmaine Ledden-Lewis

Found starts with a frightened calf in the Australian outback; he can’t find his family. The calf is very quickly found by a man, who picks him up and pushes…

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Review — 30 Sep 2020

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

My first attempt at this review was basically an essay about why Elizabeth - the octogenarian founder of the Thursday Murder Club, and a woman who I am certain spent…

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Review — 28 Jun 2020

Sneaky Shadows by S.C. Manchild & Sam Caldwell

Sneaky Shadows is a very simple premise, on one page the reader is shown a silhouette and asked to guess what it might be. The next page reveals the answer…

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Review — 28 Jun 2020

The Power of Positive Pranking by Nat Amoore

Casey and her friends learn their local Mayor has nefarious plans for their town – plans that disregard the environment and rely on the town’s voting-aged citizens remaining disengaged from…

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Review — 28 Jun 2020

The Lost Soul Atlas by Zana Fraillon

The Lost Soul Atlas takes the classic story of the journey through the underworld and flips it. What if, instead of a hero’s journey through the underworld to save a…

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