At the WA CBCA Book Discussion Group in March, we delved into the dystopian future of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2008). A couple of us have already read book 2: Catching Fire and are looking forward to book 3: Mockingjay, due out 24 August. Others weren’t quite as enamoured, but we all [...]
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February’s WA CBCA Book Discussion Group was an intimate gathering as we unpicked what was a lie and what was truth in Justine Larbalestier’s Liar (Allen & Unwin, 2009). It was a lively discussion with everyone having different opinions on what to believe or not. Many went away with changed views after hearing what others [...]
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The WA CBCA Book Discussion Group got off to a flying start at the January meeting with an excellent turnout of enthusiastic members who had a vigorous and noisy discussion about Maureen McCarthy’s book, Somebody’s Crying. Liar by Justine Larbalestier is the next book for discussion on 24 February. If you’d like to join the [...]
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