90 days of summer reading - junior titles

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90 days of summer reading junior highlights

Try great stories Lenny's book of everything by Karen Foxlee and The dog runner by Bren MacDibble. Solve some mysteries with new books Undercover by Jacqueline Harvey and Jinxed! The curious curse of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie.

Laugh out loud with Real pigeons nest hard by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood, Hopping weird! by Anh Do or the mighty 117 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths.

Summer reading recommendations for children

1. A great escape by Felice Arena
2. Hasina Michelle Aung Thin
3. Sophia and the Corner Park Clubhouse by Davina Bell
4. Lemonade Jones and the great school fete by Davina Bell and Karen Blair
5. The big bad wolf by Aaron Blabey
6. Mr Walker gets the inside scoop by Jess Black
7. Mika and Max by Laura Bloom
8. The utterly indescribable thing that happened in Huggabie Falls by Adam Cece
9. Move the mountains by Emily Conolan
10. Atticus Van Tasticus by Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King
11. 47 degrees by Justin D'Ath
12. Hopping weird! by Anh Do
13. Into the wild by Anh Do 
14. Ninja switch by Anh Do
15. Squidge Dibley destroys the school by Mick Elliott
16. The quest diaries of Max Crack by Jules Faber
17. The days of in between by Peter Valentine Fenton
18. Lenny's book of everything by Karen Foxlee
19. Zelda Stitch: term 2 by Nicki Greenberg
20. 117 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths
21. How to make a movie in 12 days by Fiona Hardy
22. Fully booked by Tim Harris
23. Undercover by Jacqueline Harvey
24. A different land by Paul Jennings
25. Scorch dragons by Amie Kaufman
26. Winston and the wondrous Wooba Gymnastics Club by Tamsin Janu
27. Songbird by Ingrid Laguna
28. Pie in the sky by Remy Lai
29. Race for the Red Dragon by Rebecca Lim 
30. Real pigeons nest hard by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood
31. The dog runner by Bren MacDibble
32. Catch a falling star by Meg McKinlay
33. Jinxed! The curious curse of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie
34. Leave taking by Lorraine Marwood 
35. Black cockatoo by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler 
36. The slightly alarming tale of the whispering wars by Jaclyn Moriarty
37. The school camp kerfuffle by Richard Newsome
38. Don't follow Vee by Oliver Phommavanh
39. The search for the silver witch by Sally Rippin
40. The Girlhoods by Hilary Rogers
41. Melody Trumpet by Gabrielle Tozer
42. Sherlock Bones and the natural history mystery by Renee Treml
43. Sick bay by Nova Weetman
44. The speedy spidersaurus by Nova Weetman
45. Squishy Taylor and the secret envelope by Ailsa Wild

More information

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Image: cover detail of A different land by Paul Jennings