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Frankie Magazine is an Australian based youth magazine. The magazine makes a conscious effort to promote creativity, health and positive in an organic and wholesome way. The articles are relatable and feature information that covers a broad topic of interests. The website has free content for anyone to access and most libraries have a subscription you can access for free.

I have loved this magazine since it first came out years ago, and while it has changed somewhat the content is great. Easy recipes, knitting patterns, book reviews, cool stuff to buy, articles and interviews with interesting people. Not to mention the aesthetic posters and print outs.

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Skylar's memoir gives readers a glimpse into the struggles faces by transgender people. This is a coming of age biography and goes into details on the impact his coming out had on his friends and family and other relationships. The book has interviews with friends and family as well as journal entries from Skylar. 

YouTube gives people to opportunity to share their own stories and use their platform to help others. Skylar Kergil used his channel to document their transition from female to male. As the months went on, Skylar built a huge following and helped inspire and spread awareness of the issues transgender folks face. 

Listen to King Princess, Tash Sultana, Brockhampton and Queen while eating salt and vinegar chips ‘til your tongue hurts.

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Po’town, home of the mysterious Spill. But what is the spill? No one really knows and the survivors don’t speak. Literally.  Addie is one of the few brave people who enter the spill zone to photograph the strange Po’town phenomenon. Her little sister Lexi is one of the survivors of the spill and has been mute ever since.  Her parents both worked at the hospital, the epicenter of The Spill and haven’t been seen since.  

This graphic novel is creeeeeeppy. In the best possible way of course. The characters a well-designed, the story line gives you just enough information to keep you guessing as to what happened in Po’town and what the deal is with Lexi and Vespertine. The art style and colour palette also lend to the plot line and make this graphic novel super easy to read and get into.  

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Trigger warning: mental illness, death, death of child, abuse.

Che is convinced his younger sister Rosa is a psychopath. He loves her but she scares him. After being uprooted from Australia and moving New York City, Rosa’s behavior escalates. Rosa is beautiful and smart, and able to manipulate even her parents into thinking she is picture perfect. All Che wants is a girlfriend, to keep Rosa under control and to move back home.  A psychological thriller, this book will have you questioning your actions and interactions with others around you.

After reading this I freaked myself out by looking into Psychopathy tests online, which are 100% not accurate. This book stayed with me for ages, and it’s one of my favorites to recommend to people wanting something that will keep them up at night reading. There are so many plot twists in this book and all of them are wild. I cannot recommend this book enough.

Best read listening to Eye of the tiger (READ THE BOOK),  Ayelle, Conan Grey, Billie Eilish and eating a sugary cereal.  

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For 17-year-old Fin, life is all about making it through each day trying to catch the eye of his crush, Lucy. Life is normal, except for the threat of nuclear war; but that’s on the other side of the world and doesn’t bother Fin or his friends. One morning Fin wakes up to a freezing cold house and the outside word covered in snow. Which in some parts of the world is normal, there's also no phones, no power and no internet, which is not so normal. As Fin and his younger brother awake to a nuclear winter, they realise their mother never made it home from work in Sydney. As food and water begin to run out, Fin makes the decision for him and his brother to trek down the mountains to the city in search of their mother. 

For an author's first young adult book this was fantastic, the character development and the plot were amazing. You empathised with Fin’s inner turmoil in trying to do the right thing in a terrible situation. I also love books set in Australia, mainly because they seem so relatable; I don’t have to google what a ‘freshman’ or ‘sophomore’ are and because I live in Sydney the setting gives me a sense of familiarity. Claire Zorn is a great author, tap this link to check out her webpage and give her other books ago.  My fingers are crossed for a sequel. 

 Best read listening to any Australian band and eating a Vegemite and cheese sandwich while drinking a Milo.

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 Sick of decades of gender selection and outdate marriage laws, the women of India have formed their own country Koyanagar. For every five men, there is only one female and the women of Koyanagar have come up with a series of tests for any boy wishing to win a wife. Told from the perspective of Sudasa and Contestant Five, in two different styles of writing: Sudasa in verse and Contestant Five’s in prose. The story weaves between the changing perspectives of both characters as they both try to rebel against the rules society has placed on them, only to find they both want the same thing. 

Another book in verse, however this one is slightly different. The alternating points of view are written in different styles, so you always know whose perspective you're reading. What I really loved was that even though it’s a book about winning a wife there is no romance.  There's a ton of girl power moments which we are all here for. 

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