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characters are introduced at one time,
making it sometimes difficult to keep up
with the characters and properly develop
a connection with them. Nonetheless, a
good story for young history buffs and an
interesting story about friendship during
war times.

Rating: ★★★★★★★ [7/10]

— Danielle Hunter, Year 10, Flinders CCC

Girls Change the Game
By Gabrielle Gloury and Michael Hyde
(Ford Street Publishing)
Girls Change the Game is a choose-your-
own-adventure book about a girls’ footy
team called the Scorpions, playing against
a team called the ravens.

The main characters are hannah, Zoe (the
captain), heidi, Bec and Ivy. Girls Change
to be. her name is Max, she dresses like War and Resistance the Game is a great book because it tells
a goth and seemingly, no one can see her. Sophie Masson (Scholastic Australia) the reader a lot about footy and it has lots
of twists and turns.
One night Mitch sees Max in a different War and Resistance is a novel about a
way and it’s not something trivial… young French girl who flees Paris with her It is a brilliant and exciting story with
family during World War 2. She eventually lots of big marks, long kicks, lightning
read all about the troubles Mitch goes meets and befriends a boy named Dieter, fast handballs and surprising goals and
through in his efforts to change and Max’s a member of the Nazi youth. behinds.
sudden impact on his life.
The novel would be enjoyable for younger The book is suitable for readers 7 years and
The entire story is amazing and I would readers who are interested in history and older. I really enjoyed it and I am not even
recommend it to readers aged 10–14 offers a fairly historically accurate and that into footy!
because there are some things that you simple narrative that readers of any age
have to be a little bit older to understand. can enjoy. Rating: ★★★★★★★★ [8/10]

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★ [9/10] Some scenes that seem important or should — Bianca, Year 6, Tucker Road PS
have more focus are rushed, and too many
— Leila, Year 6, Tucker Road PS

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