Katherine Dretzke
Katherine Dretzke is from Readings Hawthorn
Review — 20 May 2024
Queen of Dogs by Joe Weatherstone
Maddy comes from a busy family. A tennis champ sister, star runner brother and parents with hectic jobs; there is never time to stop and smell the roses! But Maddy…
Review — 26 Mar 2024
Batthew Aromascent and the Missing Corpse Flower (Batthew Aromascent, Book 1) by Ella Mulvey & John Roebuck
What’s a ‘Nose’? A Nose is someone who is an expert smeller, and a maker of perfumes. For generations, the Aromascents have been the number one Noses in the world…
Review — 1 Feb 2024
The Beehive by Megan Daley & Max Hamilton (illus.)
Here in Australia, when someone says the word ‘bee’, our first thoughts are usually of the brown and yellow European Honey Bee – which is fine. However, I do think…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
The Lucky Bottle by Chris Wormell
Jack Bobbin never imagined when he ran away from home – boarding a ship to have an adventure – that he would end up stranded on a desert island, but…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Foxlight by Katya Balen
Foxlight – the moment when twilight meets the dawn – is a quiet time just before the birds start their morning song and the sun begins to warm the earth…
Review — 27 Mar 2017
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
Having loved Jenn Bennett’s last novel, Night Owls, a creative YA fiction about two young artists, I was really happy to be asked to review Alex, Approximately; a…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
Words In Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
A second-hand bookstore, a love story, and a letter-library: all of these things are mentioned on the blurb of Cath Crowley’s new book, Words In Deep Blue. Really, why…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
One Step by Andrew Daddo
Having faced bullying as a teenager I’ve always been attracted to novels that tackle the topic. The feeling of dreading going to school and worrying how to fit in can…
Review — 26 May 2016
The Listmaker by Robin Klein
I originally read The Listmaker when it came out 19 years ago. I was 12 years old and I loved it then, so I was keen to re-read it when…
Review — 26 May 2016
Game Theory by Barry Jonsberg
I’m always up for a young-adult murder-mystery and, having enjoyed some of Barry Jonsberg’s past novels, I was keen to see how Jonsberg tackled the crime genre for teens. 
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