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This is the fourth book in the Tomorrow Series.
The group are safe in New Zealand for a few months when they are approached by Colonel Finley and asked to go back to Australia to lead a group of NZ soldiers. At first Ellie does not want to go back, but in the [...]

I love this book. Bryce Courtenay is a fantastic writer.
Jessica is set in the early 1900’s. The book is based on the life of a teenage tomboy, living with her family in the country. Jessica lives with her mother, father and sister, Meg. She is a tomboy who spends all her days helping [...]

My husband and I traveled around Europe in 2006. In three months we visited lots of countries and over 20 different cities. Of the whole trip the one place we said we would never go back to is Napoli. It was the first time I have seen rats, there was garbage in [...]

I read this book because it is one that Ted in Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen King, recommends to Bobby. Hearts in Atlantis is one of my ultimate fave books and my review of that will be coming shortly.
Anyway…back to the point – Lord of the Flies.
It is a book about a group of [...]

As the name suggests this is the third book in the Tomorrow when the war began series.
The book continues the story of Ellie and her friends during the war. The group rediscover their friend Kevin in a work part for the enemy. They make contact with him and they plot a plan to [...]

The Dead of the Night is the second book in the Tomorrow Series.
Another really enjoyable, easy to read and fast paced book. If you have read the first book in the series then the style of this book and the characters will be familiar to you. Ellie narrates this book too [...]

Tomorrow, when the war began is the first book in the Tomorrow Series.
I absolutely love this book! It is one of my favourites and I highly recommend you read it.
It is the story of a group of teenagers who live in country Australia. They head out camping in “Hell” for a week and during [...]

Once again I am amazed to be reading something that was written so long ago, 174 years in fact.
The story of Oliver Twist is one about an orphan boy growing up in poverty. For the first part of his life he lives in an orphanage, is mistreated, and leads a difficult life. Things [...]

I started reading this as a break from Oliver Twist which is very hard going. It was a good break as it was quite light and easy to read.
The books protagonist is Pandora English who is a 19 year old from a small US town who moves to New York City to live with [...]

This is my favourite book at the moment.
It was first published in 2005 by Australian Markus Zusak, is an international bestseller and has won many awards.
The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a young German girl who is given up for adoption by her mother. It is set in 1939 in Nazi [...]