Joe Murray
Joe Murray is from Readings Kids
Review — 27 Feb 2023
Different for Boys by Patrick Ness & Tea Bendix (illus.)
Throughout Patrick Ness’s long career as a YA author, he has always been preoccupied with maturation and masculinity, especially from a queer perspective, telling stories about love and the transition…
Review — 2 Mar 2022
Sadvertising by Ennis Ćehić
In the pages of Ennis Ćehić’s debut, Sadvertising, you’ll find a kaleidoscope of stories and perspectives, each an intriguing reflection of our own perplexing modern reality, rendered in a…
Review — 4 Oct 2021
If Not Us by Mark Smith
At its core, Mark Smith’s newest novel, If Not Us is a coming-of-age story – it’s just that now more than ever, an inescapable part of growing up in this…
Review — 29 Jun 2021
Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde
A drunken game of truth or dare. Secret wishes tossed into a campfire. The last days of Year 12. A kiss.
Rhiannon Wilde’s YA debut, Henry Hamlet’s Heart, is…
Review — 30 May 2021
The Right Way to Rock by Nat Amoore
Have you ever wanted to be something other than what people expect of you? Mac certainly feels that way; his mum wants him to be a rock star, but his…
Review — 28 Mar 2021
The True Colour of a Little White Lie by Gabriel Bergmoser
If you’re a high school nerd with a severe case of social anxiety, there’s nothing quite so liberating as going somewhere completely new, where no-one knows who you are. That’s…
Review — 31 Jan 2021
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
In Garden Heights, 17-year-old Maverick Carter is many things: a dutiful son, a loving boyfriend and a conflicted member of the King Lords gang. The one thing he’s not prepared…
Review — 6 Sep 2020
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
Some say there are no new stories under the sun, and the longstanding tradition of YA reimaginings of classic stories suggests there’s some truth to this old adage. Ellie Marney’s…
Review — 27 Jan 2020
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
If you took the magic and mystery of the Harry Potter world and combined it with the powers and social commentary of the X-Men, with a dash of the end-ofthe-world…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
Angel Mage by Garth Nix
If I was offered the chance to leave the stresses of our world behind and step into Sarrance, the stunningly well-realised world of musketeers and magic in Garth Nix’s Angel…
