VATE book reviews

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June (2025) book reviews available here

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VATE regularly receives review copies of new texts from writers and publishers. This is a great way to trial new textbooks and novels with your class and gain feedback from your colleagues. You then get to share your review with all VATE members who often rely on the text reviews to help them select items for their own and professional use. If you would like to receive and review one of the books listed below, please email Josephine Smith, Publications and Communications Officer, publications@vate.org.au for further information. Please note: All review books are only available to current VATE members (both individual and organisational). Members with close links to institutions or companies should avoid reviewing titles published by these bodies.

Writers and publishers who are interested in having their books reviewed by VATE members are invited to email Josephine Smith, Publications and Communications Officer, publications@vate.org.au for further information.

Available titles for review

Fantasy

Lady's Knight, Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

Moonlight and Dust, Jasmin McGaughey, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

This Dream Will Devour Us, Emma Clancey, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

Fiction

Aisle Nine, Ian X. Cho, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

A Language of Dragons, S.F. Williamson, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Blood Moon Bride, Demet Divaroren, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

Breakout Road, Russell Holdaway, RMHFW (2024). Read more...

Comes the Night, Isobelle Carmody, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Death at Morning House, Maureen Johnson, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica, Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Manslaughter Park, Tirzah Price, HarperCollins (2023). Read more...

Oceanforged 1: The Wicked Ship, Amelia Mellor, Affirm Press (2025). Read more...

Spirit of the Crocodile, Aaron Fa'Aoso & Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn White, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

Summer, in Between, Holly Cardamone, Hawkeye Books (2025). Read more...

The Mushroom in the Sky, Jackie French, HarperCollins (2025). Read more...

The Set-Up Girl, Sasha Vey, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

The Surface Trials, H.M. Waugh, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

The Year We Escaped, Suzanne Leal, HarperCollins (2025). Read more...

Thunderhead, Sophie Beer, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Graphic novels

Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love), Laura Gao, HarperCollins (2025). Read more...

The Sweetness Between Us, Sarah Winifried Searle, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Thief of the Heights, Son M. & Robin Yao, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Picture books

A Loo of One's Own, Eleri Harris, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

Learning Country, Ryhia Dank, HarperCollins (2025). Read more...

Tiwi in Paris, Glen Farmer Illortaminni, Thames & Hudson (2025). Read more...

Volcano, Claire Saxby & Jess Racklyeft, Allen & Unwin (2025). Read more...

Teaching resource

Coding Animated Narratives, Len Unsworth, PETAA (2024). Read more...