ReadPlus is a collection of selected books and films arranged under themes. This web site provides lists, reviews and resources for librarians, teachers and parents about books for young people aged 5 to 18.
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Jul 03 2009
Creature of the night by Kate Thompson
Bodley Head, 2008.(Age 13+) Highly recommended. In this Bistro Award Honour book, Kate Thompson takes the reader on a journey through a desolate picture of reality for 14 year old Bobby in 21st century Ireland while adding a mystical touch...
moreJul 02 2009
One dragon's dream by Peter Pavey
Walker Books, 2009 (c1978) ISBN 9781921150746
(All ages) Highly recommended. It is wonderful that this fabulous
Picture Book of the Year has been reprinted. It is such a treat: a
counting book with intricate pictures that just beg to be...more
Jul 02 2009
Ten mile river by Paul Griffin
Text, 2009(Age 14+) Recommended. 14 year old Ray and Jose are best friends. Jose is good looking with a talent for wise cracking; Ray is large, strong and very intelligent. Finding the juvenile detention centre not to their taste, they go...
moreJul 01 2009
Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Random House, 2009. ISBN 9761741663044
(Age 13+) In this sequel to Tattoo, Bailey Morgan looks and acts
like a normal teenager during the day, but at night she is the third Fate, weaving
what happens to life. Every evening she...more
Jul 01 2009
Skulduggery Pleasant: The faceless ones by Derek Landy
HarperCollins, 2009.
(Ages 10+) The Faceless Ones, the third title in the series of
Skulduggery
Pleasant books, is best read sequentially as the story line and myriad
of characters could otherwise prove confusing. In book one,...more
Jun 30 2009
City of glass by Cassandra Clare
Walker Books, 2009
(Ages 14+) Clare has come up with a very satisfying and gripping
conclusion to her magical The Mortal Instruments series. Clary, still
on a quest to find a cure for her mother who is in a coma, enters the
City of...more
Jun 29 2009
Ruby and Leonard and the great big surprise by Judith Rossell
Little Hare Books, 2009 ISBN 9781921272967
(Ages 5-9) Ruby and Leonard, two mice who live with their brothers and
sisters in
a tin at the back of the cupboard in the kitchen, plan to make a batch
of cupcakes for someone's birthday. The...more
Jun 26 2009
The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine
HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN 9780007283590
Highly recommended. The house is like an ant colony, everyone living in
their own compartment, together but separate, until one incident brings
them altogether and they find friendship and hope for...more
Jun 25 2009
Prom nights from hell by Meg Cabot et al
HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN
9780007319893
(Ages 14+) A collection of five entertaining short stories by authors
who enjoy a following by those who like the vampire, paranormal and
horror
genre, Prom nights from hell will engage...more
Jun 22 2009
By the picking of my nose by Martin Chatterton
Little Hare Books,
2009.
ISBN
978192127287
(Age 8-11) 11 year old William Shakespeare loves going to the theatre,
but because
of the rules only allowing adults, and his father wanting him to go
into the family business of tanning, he...more
Jun 22 2009
Gone by Michael Grant
Egmont, 2009. ISBN 9781405246347
(Age 13+) Recommended. Imagine how a group of kids would react if
suddenly all the adults disappeared. This is what happens in a small
town in Southern California. In the blink of an eye everyone over...more
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