Holly Harper
Holly Harper is a former Readings Kids bookseller
Review — 3 Apr 2012
10 Futures by Michael Pryor
Who knows what our future holds? Is it s post-apocalyptic world where people have reverted back to a life of farming on golf courses and trading the broken technology of…
Review — 3 Apr 2012
The Greatest Liar on Earth by Marc Greenwood and Frane Lessac
If somebody told you they’d seen a flying wombat, and that they’d been welcomed by a tribe of cannibals, you might call them a liar.
Blog post — 5 Mar 2012
Q&A with Deborah Abela, author of Ghost Club
Our resident YA specialist Holly Harper chats with author Deborah Abela about writing for kids, an eternal love of Dr Seuss and her brand new
Can you tell us a…
Review — 28 Feb 2012
Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
Nick doesn’t know why everyone at school is acting strangely, but he’s not used to being left out and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it. When he…
Review — 26 Feb 2012
Ghost Club 1: The New Kid by Deborah Abela
Ghosts can be quite the problem for those not used to dealing with them, especially when they show up throwing ectoplasm and knocking over priceless vases. Luckily, the Ghost Club…
Review — 27 Feb 2012
BZRK by Michael Grant
This new offering from Michael Grant isn’t the latest in the Gone series, though the covers are so similar you’d be forgiven for thinking so. Instead, it is BZRK…
Review — 27 Mar 2012
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
In the universe of A Confusion of Princes, Khemri is a Prince. That doesn’t involve wearing a crown and sitting on a throne. Instead he’s usually trying to avoid…
Review — 26 Jan 2012
Hatched: The Grimstones Book 1 by Asphyxia
The Grimstones aren’t your average family: Grandpa Grimstone runs his own magical apothecary, Mama Grimstone shuts herself away to make dresses and weep rivers of tears for her departed husband…
Review — 17 Jan 2012
Hey Jack! The Crazy Cousins by Sally Rippin
Billie B Brown has amassed a rather large following of fans, who will no doubt be familiar with her best friend, Jack. Now Jack has his very own series of…
Review — 17 Jan 2012
VIII by H.M. Castor
[[castor]] Henry VIII is a figure whose reputation precedes him – a man best known for chopping off heads. I didn’t know much about Henry’s rise to power, and so…