Fast paced romantic suspense (mini-review)
Tag: BIPOC protagonists
Borderland by Graham Akhurst
Unevenly paced Gothic thriller (mini-review)
Bindi by Kirli Saunders
A beautifully written verse novel for upper primary children
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
An amusing novel about masculinity (mini-review)
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
Unevenly paced sequel still thrills at the end
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
A dark & funny story of memory, power & oppression (mini-review)
Library Wars by Kiiro Yumi
Paramilitary librarians fight against censorship in this engaging dystopian manga
Laurinda by Alice Pung
Brilliant skewering of snobbery and racism (mini-review)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Accessible literary page turner (mini-review)
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
Mildly enjoyable coming of age novel
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE LIBRARY... 