Steph’s 2015 Gift List for Kids and Teens
‘A book is a gift you can open again and again.’ Garrison Keillor
Wondering what to give your cousin/niece/nephew/partner’s brother’s step-kid this Christmas? Check out Stephanie Speight’s 2015 Gift Guide for Kids and Teens.
Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars
Themes:imagination, friendship, nature, identityReading Age:8+Australian
Goodbye Stranger
Themes:friendship, relationships, love, betrayalReading Age:11+
A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land
Themes:Australian history, illustratedReading Age:10+Australian
Adrift
Themes:intercultural understanding, environment, class, physical and mental survivalReading Age:14+
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Themes:homosexuality, friendship, depressionReading Age:14+
Zac & Mia
Themes:friendship, cancer, survival, identityReading Age:14+Australian
How to Be Happy
Themes:depression, friendship, sexual identity, suicide, academic pressure, love, adolescent confusionReading Age:14+Australian
Shadows
Themes:supernatural, friendship, identityReading Age:14+Australian
Gamelife
Clancy of the Undertow
Themes:LGBTQI, coming-of-age, friendship, moral and ethical conflictReading Age:14+Australian
