Today on Middle Grade Mavens, 

Pamel and Julie discuss some great middle grade book releases... 

The Goodbye Year by Emily Gale | 9781922458599 | Booktopia

The Bookseller's Apprentice by Amelia Mellor | 9781922400871 | Booktopia

The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat, Trilby Moffat : Book 1 by Kate Temple | 9780734420909 | Booktopia

Julie chats to Reece Carter, author of "A girl called Corpse," Illustrated by Simon Howe,  published by Allen and Unwin in October 2022.

To learn more about Reece, head to : Meet Reece — Reece Carter

To buy the book, head to: A Girl Called Corpse, An Elston-Fright Tale by Reece Carter | 9781761066788 | Booktopia

'Find the thing the Witches call a treasure,' says Old Man, 'and you'll get back all those memories you're missing.'

With a body made of wax, seaweed for hair and polished abalone shells for eyes, Corpse is bound to haunt the Witches' sea shack forever. She has no memory of the kid she was before she was snatched and ended up on the rock-that-doesn't-exist. But the delivery of an unexpected message sets Corpse off on a surprising quest, searching for answers to the old and familiar questions that have filled her not-brain since the day she first woke up a ghost. Questions about her name. Questions about her family. With only her eight-legged friend Simon for company, Corpse heads into the unknown. There will be danger - cruel Witches, a silver-eyed sea monster and a cunning Merchant with a hungry grin - but Corpse is not afraid. She'll stop at nothing to uncover the truth about her past. Only some answers, it turns out, are much closer than she thinks.

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