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Solo - Finale
by Sue Lawson, Publisher: Black Dog Books, NZ RRP $9.95, Age
Group: 8+ Sue Lawson's vast and varied job
history has fuelled her successful writing career. Sue Lawson
has been a radio announcer, a primary school teacher, an MCG
attendant, a nightclub DJ, and a swimming teacher - amongst
other things - before turning a passion for writing into a
fulltime career.
If any of your daughters want to be a pop-star then these
books will have them believing dreams can come true. When we
had nine-year-old Sophia review these books she found it
very hard to put them down. Recommended reading for girls
with stars in their eyes!
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Making the Grade - Leap of
Faith - Team Challenge by Bernadette Kelly, Publisher: Black
Dog Books, NZ RRP $12.95, Age Group: 8+
Author Bernadette Kelly lives and breathes horses. Her two
children attend pony club and she lives on a rural property 70km
from Melbourne. She is the owner of five horses - Jess, Redmond,
Cruise, Bickham and Starkey - and participates in one day events,
trail riding and show jumping. Therefore it comes as no surprise
that this talented writer's focus is on the animals she loves, horses.
Each book will have horse-mad girls glued to the pages - easy to
read and hard to put down. In the book Team Challenge, the
new girl to Pony Club, Annie Boyd, knows her limitations. But when
Jessica Coulsen is quick to point out Annie's shortcomings, Annie
sees red. The Team Challenge is a games event and the Ridgeview
riders are intent on making the state finals. They have to put their
best team together, which sees Jessica chosen as a member, with
Annie as emergency. The only thing that will make it all worthwhile
is if Annie could ride on Games Day. But when she gets the
opportunity, she must dispel any doubts, or let down her whole club.
Watch out for the fifth book in the Riding High series, due out in March.
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Little Lunch Five by Danny Katz, Publisher:
Black Dog Books, NZ RRP $9.95, Age Group: 6+
Danny Katz is a columnist for The Age and The West Australian. He
is also the modern guru in the Good Weekend magazine. But his idea
for the Little Lunch series came from a very influential source, his
daughter! Her tales from the playground have inspired this series of
books.
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