Title: Sam’s Surfboard Showdown Authors: Allayne L. Webster and Amanda S. Clarke Illustrator: Amanda S. Clarke (debut illustrator) Publisher: Omnibus Scholastic Genre: Contemporary, realism Age Range: Junior Fiction ISBN: 978-1-74299-189-4 Book Description: Who is the best cook in town? And who will win that surfboard? Ten year old Sam Sumner is the best sportsman at […]
Title: The Centre of My Everything Author: Allayne L. Webster Publisher: Penguin Random House Genre: Contemporary, realism Age Range: Young Adult ISBN: 978-0-14-378333-6 Book Description: Justin’s back and wants to put the past behind him. Corey’s a footy hero and high-school dropout who can’t even find work picking fruit. Tara wants to be loved. But if her […]
Title: A Cardboard Palace Author: Allayne L. Webster Illustrator: none Publisher: MidnightSun Publishing Genre: Children’s Fiction Age Group: 8-14 What kinds of themes/issues are raised in this story? A Cardboard Palace is told by Jorge, a boy who has been trafficked to Paris, and forced to steal for a controller, Bill, a selfish man who […]
