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<\/p>\nAustralia Day is tomorrow, so let’s look at some great BooksYALove by authors from Down Under.<\/p>\n
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Cristy Burne writes adventurous tales about Miku who encounters many creatures from Japanese folklore, like Takeshita Demons<\/i> (my review<\/a>) who followed her family to London and\u00a0 The Filth-Licker<\/i> (review here<\/a>) that her classmates meet up with at camp.<\/p>\n Not sure if Sherryl Clark herself has heard the dead, but her character Sasha in Dying to Tell Me<\/i>\u00a0 (my review<\/a>) certainly can! Visions of blood and death in sleepy little Manna Creek at the edge of the Outback…<\/p>\n A being condemned to inhabit another body as camouflage, over and over; she calls herself Mercy<\/i>\u00a0 (my review<\/a>) in the first book of the series by Rebecca Lim. Book 2, Exile<\/i>, is in my overflowing to-be-read pile and promises a few more clues about who Mercy might be and why she’s existing this way.<\/p>\n Only males may become Dragoneye lords, but one young woman knows she has the power to mind-link with dragons in Alison Goodman’s Eon<\/i>\u00a0 (my review<\/a>) and must save her world in Eona<\/i>\u00a0 (my review<\/a>), both now available in paperback.<\/p>\n Susanne Gervay interviewed many teen burn patients as she wrote Butterflies<\/i> (my review<\/a>), which follows Katherine through surgery, school worries, and her choices for the future.<\/p>\n She expected snow, festivals and historic shrines, but there was no way to predict that Hannah’s Winter<\/i> (my review<\/a>) in Japan would include ancient evil spirits and a donut-throwing ghost! Kierin Meehan packs plenty of mystery and historical tidbits into this intriguing story.<\/p>\n Elly has such bad luck! I Lost My Mobile at the Mall<\/i>, she cries to her parents, who tell her that she’s not getting another cell phone from them. Wendy Harmer ably turns her comic touch to this too-common young adult crisis (my review<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Reformed Vampire Support Group<\/i>\u00a0 by Catherine Jinks got to the bestseller list, but I snuck it onto BooksYALove anyway. Be sure you meet this Sydney self-help group that finally has to venture out of its decades-old comfort zone to help someone else (my review<\/a>).<\/p>\n Mary Arrigan follows a family from Ireland’s Potato Famine to the goldfields of Australia in historical fiction of a time period that we usually don’t see. Surely the dream of Etsy’s Gold<\/i>\u00a0 (my review<\/a>) can come true if they work hard enough?<\/p>\n A gentle story of love, loss, and friendship starts and ends in the mural-painted rooms of The Visconti House<\/i>\u00a0 in a quiet Australian country town – my review of Elsbeth Edgar’s debut novel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stolen: a Letter to my Captor<\/i>, by Lucy Christopher, might be the scariest book on this list, as it tells of a carefully plotted kidnapping that lands Gemma far, far in the Outback in terrible danger (my review).<\/a><\/p>\n Check out these stellar books from Aussie authors today at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore!<\/a><\/p>\n **kmm<\/p>\n![\"book](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-l6-MM-TlnFw\/UPlkDQzq1dI\/AAAAAAAAKPE\/UMr8oJhtHn0\/s200\/butterflies-usa-med.jpg?resize=130%2C200\")
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