Davina Bell The End of the World is Bigger than Love. Text Publishing 9781922268822

• Themes: fantasy - fairy tale - magic realism - post-apocalyptic - love
• Links to reviews and teaching notes https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-end-of-the-world-is-bigger-than-love
• #LoveOzYA Author Q&A With Davina Bell https://loveozya.com.au/love/loveozya-author-qa-with-davina-bell/
• Davina Bell in conversation with Cecile Shanahan about her novel, for Bendigo Writers Festival's Backstory interview serieshttps:www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZHl_feLGBw * Zana Fraillon The Lost Soul Atlas. Hachette Australia 9780734419934 * Themes: Memory - Family (Blood and otherwise) - Power - Death, Dying and the Afterlife - Coming of Age, Rite of Passage - Responsibility & Consequences - Maps – Personal / Community History * Characters: Twig - Da - Krruk - Flea - Meeples * Link to Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series * Teachers resources https://cdn.hachette.com.au/resources/9780734419934-teachers-resources-2.pdf * Video of Zana Fraillon and her writing space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea8gQX4QpH0 * Video of Zana Fraillon introducing the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w0m9OO0xCY Jane Godwin When Rain Turns to Snow. Hachette Australia 9780734420053 * Themes: coming of age - friendship - adoption - family secrets - divorce and step families - perils of social media * Age: 12+ * Teachers notes * Children's Books Daily review https://childrensbooksdaily.com/book_reviews/when-rain-turns-to-snow/ * Jane Godwin talks about the book https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=SEO----&v=693979441148046 Cath Moore Metal Fish, Falling Snow. Text Publishing 9781922330079 * Themes: Grief - Family - Identity - Death * Publishers website and teachers notes Christie Nieman Where We Begin. Pan Macmillan Australia 9781743535660 * Themes: family secrets - teen pregnancy - alcoholism/addiction - domestic violence - generational trauma - poverty - treatment of First Nations peoples - dual narratives and timelines * review in Reading Time https://readingtime.com.au/where-we-begin-by-christine-nieman/ Anna Whateley Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal. Allen & Unwin 9781760525309 * Themes: Disability & Neurodiversity - Teens - Romance LGBTQI - Mental Health - Gender Representation * Audience: 13 – 18 yrs old * Characters: Peta Lyre, Jeb and Sam * “Inhale. Exhale. Survive.” is what Peta tells herself. * Normal Rating: 7 / 10 —- Back to 2021 Book Week Forum