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Category: Book Review
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Review: Aspergirls
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: AspergirlsAuthor: Rudy Simone Category: Non-Fiction Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publication date: July 15, 2010 Blurb: Girls with Asperger’s Syndrome are less frequently diagnosed than boys, & even once symptoms have been…
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Review: The Unlikely Heroes Club
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: The Unlikely Heroes ClubAuthor: Kate Foster Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 5 July 2023 Blurb: A fun, frolicking adventure about five kids with a mystery to solve! Eleven-year-old Oli is…
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Review: Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Act Your Age, Eve BrownAuthor: Talia Hibbert Category: Novel Publisher: Piatkus Publication date: 9 March 2021 Blurb: Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her…
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Review: Don’t Tell Me What to Do
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Don’t Tell Me What to DoAuthor: Renee Connoulty Category: Picture Book Publisher: Renee Connoulty Publication date: 8 May 2024 Blurb: Rose wants to learn and have fun, but when she feels like she’s being bossed…
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Review: Growing In To Autism
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Growing In To AutismAuthor: Sandra Thom-Jones Category: Memoir Publisher: Melbourne University Press Publication date: 30 August 2022 Blurb: What’s it like to realise you’re autistic? And how do you start to ask…
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Review: Late Bloomer
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Late BloomerAuthor: Clem Bastow Category: Memoir Publisher: Hardie Grant Books Publication date: 7 July 2021 Blurb: Introducing a bold new voice in Australian nonfiction, Late Bloomer is a heartfelt coming-of-age memoir…
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Neurospicy Characters
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Neurospicy CharactersLast November, I started a list of books that I have read that feature characters that are explicitly neurodivergent. This includes memoirs, novels, middle grade,…
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Review: The Kiss Quotient
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: The Kiss QuotientAuthor: Helen Hoang Category: Novel Publisher: Berkley Publication date: 5 June 2018 Blurb: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms…
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Review: Little Victories
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Little VictoriesAuthor: Yvon Roy Category: Memoir Publisher: Titan Books Publication date: 7 July 2020 Blurb: The award-winning graphic novel autobiography of a father, and the challenges he faces raising his autistic…
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Review: Harriet Hound
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Harriet HoundAuthor: Kate Foster Illustrator: Sophie Beer Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 3 May 2023 Blurb: The world’s happiest and most dog-friendly superhero is here! A brand new…