Book Club This Weekend!!

Looking for something to do this Saturday afternoon?

Love reading a good book and having a chat about it afterwards?

Want to meet the fantastic Australian author Steven Lochran?

Well, Look no further than the Younger Sun Kids and Young Adult Bookclub!

All welcome, be sure to RSVP!

Bread, Ted and Uncle Ivan.

Check out these three fabulous books are on our new release shelf!

First is Hooray for Bread by the articulate Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by brilliant Bruce Ingman.

A book to read for breakfast

A book to read in bed

A tasty tale told slice by slice

Hooray, hooray... for bread!

Next is the terrific book Ted by Leila Rudge. 

It's the story of Ted, a smart dog with his own jumper. He's been at the pet shop forever but no-one seems to notice him. Will Ted finally be noticed and find the perfect home? 

(You get a free plush Ted toy when you purchase this book!)

Lastly we have the ineffable I've An Uncle Ivan by Ben Sanders

I've an Uncle Ivan, who's drivin' a pie van.

Meet Ivan and his pie van, Ivan's niece Kate, who only has one roller skate, and a host of charming characters in this brilliant book. The illustrations are fantastic and you can even make your very own pie-van (there's a paper-folding project at the back of the book)!

Music and Magic

Looking for something to read this Easter? You could try one of these amazing novels.

From Jon Skovron (author of Misfit), we have Struts & Frets.

It's a story about Sam. He loves music, is trying to understand girls and wants to keep his family together. Sam's dream is to win the upcoming battle of the bands and turn his best friend into his girlfriend (without any weirdness).

First he must deal with a few issues; his Grandfather, the lead singer's temper, his hormones, and those catastrophes you can never plan for and that always seem to hit at the worst possible times.

Struts & Frets is a great book - it's very funny and well written. You might spot the the chapter titles are all names of songs. It's a great story about music, friendship and having the courage to live your dreams. (It's also very cheap, only $7.95!)


Secondly, we have The Zigzag Effect from Australian author Lili Wilkinson. (You might know her books Love-shy and A Pocketful of Eyes).

Sage has just moved with her family from Queensland to Melbourne.So that she can pay for a summer photography course, she gets a holiday job working for The Great Armand - an excellent but ageing magician. At the theatre she meets the beautiful assistant Bianca, and the very cute stagehand, Herb. 

One evening Sage, Herb and Bianca are staying late at the theatre and a wand gets broken on stage. Bianca sees this as a bad omen and is convinced that they have brought a curse upon themselves. Things start to happen, and when someone goes missing Sage must figure out who she can trust, who is keeping secrets and what is misdirection and trickery...

The Zigzag Effect is a fantastic holiday read. Plus it's set in Melbourne which is always a bonus. Sage is an awesome character, and you get to learn a bit about stage magic along the way. 

Brilliant New YA - Life in Outer Space

Are you looking for something fun? Cute? Easy to read? Then Life in Outer Space is for you!

This story is about Sam, a nerd whose life revolves around Star Wars, horror movies, and World of Warcraft. He has a small but loyal group of friends and until Princess Leia turns up he's not interested in girls. That is until he meets Camilla. With her cute English accent and her op-shop dresses, she's definitely different from the girls at his school. For a start, she's determined to be Sam's friend, even when he tries to ignore her. Sam thought all the movies he'd watched had taught him everything he needed to know. Maybe he was wrong....

A wonderful debut from Melbourne author Melissa Keil. With great characters and hilarious dialogue, this is a novel to be enjoyed by both boys and girls. Think John Green, but no tissue box required. You won't want to put it down! We love it and think you will too. 

This is the first novel from The Ampersand Project (a division of Hardie Grant Egmont) which publishes the best manuscripts from first-time young adult authors.

Meet The Author!

Meet The Author

Samantha Ellen Bound! 

Author of our Kids Book Club book 

'What the Raven Saw'

She will be joining us for a chat and signing at kids book club

March 2nd, 2pm, meet us in the Younger Sun bookshop! 

All  Welcome, Please RSVP, call us on 9689 0661

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BOOK CLUB IS BACK

KIDS BOOK CLUB

'An unlikely hero. An extraordinary story...'  What do YOU think?

'The raven doesn't want you to read this story. What if you find out the location of his treasure? Or worse, what if you learn his secret - that ravens can talk?'

With the help of an irritating pigeon, a flirtatious weather hen, a philosophical scarecrow, a kind priest, a ghost boy AND his grieving sister; Raven will uncover a thief, save a life and discover that there is more to life than being magnificent. 

Saturday 2nd of March 2pm. 

Come along to the Younger Sun before we head over to the Sun Theatre for snacks and chats about this awesome story. 

TEEN BOOK CLUB

'...a confronting and heartfelt story of adolescent experience'

'What do you do when everyone says you're someone you're not? 

Alex wants change. Massive change. More radical than you could imagine. 

Her mother is not happy; in fact, she's imploding. 

Her dad has walked out. 

Alex has turned vegetarian, changed schools, stopped taking her medication. And created a new identity. An identity that shakes her world. 

And Alex - the other Alex - has a lot to say about it.' 

Saturday 2nd of March 3pm. 

Come along to the Younger Sun before we head over to the Sun Theatre for snacks and chats about this intensely moving book.

Both books are 20% off for the month of February. For more information contact us on 9689 0661, or email youngersunbookclub@gmail.com