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Read for pleasure, for thrills, for escape, for ideas, for involvement. Read books that make you laugh and cry and wonder and think. Read for yourself and not for others. That's the focus of Right Book, Right Time - 500 great reads for teenagers. For all those voracious and eclectic young readers, here are over 500 fabulous books to choose from. There are quick reads, chunky books, demanding reads and tantalizing, innovative books with dazzling use of language. You'll find scary books, funny books, sad books and some that manage to be scary, funny, sad and thought-provoking all at once. Featuring many famous writers (international and Australian) and plenty of exciting new ones (some with ambitious first books) Right Book, Right Time offers a wide range of choices to suit every mood and moment, and satisfy every kind of reader, whatever their tastes and interests. An invaluable, user-friendly guide for parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers and teenagers themselves, by Australia's most respected champion of books for young people.

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9781741148831

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'...invaluable guide for parents, librarians and high school teachers.'Buzzwords, Sept 2007'This is a present guide to books for teenagers, whatever their tastes...With an emphasis on Australian books and new releases it is a great guide to keep teenagers reading.' Bendigo Advertiser, 1/9/07'...this book should have been titled Parent's Lifesaver ...a timely release for anyone concerned about our youth losing their taste for good old-fashioned ink on paper reading...encourage everyone with children to buy this book.'Courier Mail, 15/9/07

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Agnes Nieuwenhuizen established the Centre for Youth Literature (CYL) at the State Library of Victoria. In 1994, Agnes also established the Youth Literature Days of the Melbourne Writers Festival. She continued to devise and co-ordinate this program until 1998 by which time audiences of teenagers had increased to 3000 over three days. Agnes has written, reviewed and spoken widely in the field and is considered an expert in Australian and international youth literature and a leading advocate for the promotion of books and reading to teenagers. In 1995, Agnes received the Dromkeen Medal for services to youth literature.

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