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  • Searching for a book to recommend to an avid or reluctant reader?
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Which Book? contains reviews and bibliographic details of books taken from the CMIS publications, Primary Focus Fiction and Fiction Focus: New Titles For Teenagers.

These reviews are written by teachers, teacher librarians or other professionals in the field of children's literature.


Find also links to other online booklists and reviews.



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insideadog
Leaving DoEWA  insideadog

Insideadog is a project of the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library Victoria. It aims to promote reading as an active, pleasurable and essential activity for all young people. It is designed to appeal to teenagers, with the target audience 12-16 year olds. Each month features a writer-in-residence who runs the BLOG. The site allows young people to read and write reviews, keep up with news and trivia about books, enter competitions, meet the writer-in-residence, preview upcoming titles, read author interviews and discuss books on the forum.



Misrule: The Home of Australian Books Online
Leaving DoEWA   Misrule - Reviews

Judith Ridge, an expert in children's literature is a teacher of creative writing, a critic, editor, advocate and creator of Misrule: The Home of Australian Books Online, a website devoted to Australian children's books. Her reviews and articles appear in numerous journals and newspapers. Well worth bookmarking, The Misrule website contains reviews, articles & interviews, media watch, events, links, a discussion forum for those interested in children's and young adult literature and a blog.

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YA/Adult Crossover Books
So the Wheel Turns:Crossing the Boundaries
[Article in Fiction Focus Vol. 20 (3) 2006, pp. 8-10 ]

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