The Book of Storms
Ruth Hatfield
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A storm sets off a search for Danny’s missing parents, while a new ability to hear plants and animals draws him into a supernatural struggle.
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Ruth Hatfield
A storm sets off a search for Danny’s missing parents, while a new ability to hear plants and animals draws him into a supernatural struggle.
Daniel Laverdure
A lively, comic family story centred on a plant-themed garage sale, with mishaps and humorous illustrations offering plenty of scope for light-hearted reading.
Elisabetta Dami
Expect a comic mystery-adventure built around a threatened family home and a question of truth, rather than a purely realistic account of property disputes.
Tim Green
This is a school-and-sport story about a deaf boy seeking belonging and recognition. Its central interest is how Landon responds to exclusion and whether friendship and determination change his place within the team.
Sara Novic
This is a coming-of-age novel that combines personal stories with substantial exploration of Deaf culture, language and rights. It may suit readers interested in how identity, communication and community shape one another.
Gerda Muller
A richly illustrated blend of Sophie’s seasonal story and factual exploration, moving from countryside fruit to warmer-climate plants and tropical foods. It offers plenty to inspect, but the narrative and information may feel unevenly integrated.
Yarrow Townsend
This is an adventurous nature-centred novel about Orla’s investigation into a disease damaging plants and harming people. It combines magical plant knowledge, travel, friendship and questions about how people can work towards a common good.
Pari Thomson
This is an imaginative fantasy adventure about a child pursuing answers about her family in a magical plant world. It offers lively action, inventive world-building and clear conservation themes, while also introducing peril, hostility and loss.