Just End It
Donna Blaber
Light House
Pub. 2020

January 19, 2022

This heart-warming story is a must read for anyone who likes books with a feel-good ending.

It all starts one day when teenager Jessie Brown goes to Whale Bay. It’s a beautiful beach that she hasn’t thought much of until she takes a glittering black rock that is lying on the sand. She has no idea how her life is about to change. Jessie doesn’t know that if it is taken without permission, you become cursed with bad luck. The rock also has a huge story to tell that explains Jessie’s new friend only appears in her dream but becomes a big part of life.  Read more

Just End It
Donna Blaber
Light House
Pub. 2020

December 8, 2021

Just by reading the blurb, I knew this was going to be my kind of book and I was right.

Just End It is about a girl called Jessie, who gets bullied by her own best friend. She blames it on a mysterious rock she found at Whale Bay. Then her ex-best friend starts cyberbullying her, and everything goes downhill.

I really loved how the author Donna Blaber put a little bit of fantasy in the story. There’s just enough so you get a clear image of what is going on.  Read more

Just End It
Donna Blaber
Light House
Pub. 2020

November 23, 2021

Just End It is for people who like mysterious adventure books. It’s about a 12-year-old girl named Jessie, who finds a shiny rock lying along the beach and takes it home.

After some research, Jessie finds out it is more than just a piece of obsidian. She finds out that back in the day, people sliced a flat piece of the rock and used it as a blade for a knife. She also finds out the rock may be cursed, bringing bad luck for whoever takes it. Without thinking anything of it, she places it next to a picture of her best friend of many years called Hayley.  Read more

Just End It
Donna Blaber
Light House
Pub. 2020

November 23, 2021

Just End It is a mysterious adventurous book based on a 12-year-old girl called Jessie who lives in the North Island of New Zealand. Jessie loves hanging out at the beach and is very interested in rocks. One normal day, while she is strolling across the beach, she comes across a very cool obsidian whale rock.

She picks it up and takes it home to her mum who is also very interested in rocks. Her Mum says to her that this is definitely obsidian, and it might have a very interesting story to tell.  Read more

Just Remember
Donna Blaber
Pub. 2021

November 02, 2021

When Em becomes the accidental cause of her father’s death and the centre of a dangerous operation, is the strange stone she found on the beach her only salvation?

In her book Just Remember, author Donna Blaber has found a creative way to come across to teenagers in an emotionally and heartfelt way, making a great connection with the reader.

Em, though going through a hard time, is determined to make sense of all the nonsense going on around her. It is easy to feel as though you are Em, protecting the native bush and those around her.  Read more

Just Remember
Donna Blaber
Lighthouse Media Group
Pub. 2021

September 28, 2021

Just Remember by Donna Blaber is quite a gentle and compassionate book that really has some truth factor to it. It is an absorbing story about a young girl called Em whose father dies and then her mother ends up in hospital dealing with the shock. Luckily Em is staying with her grandmother and she is trying to fit in at her new school.

The book has been written in a very interesting way because it can only be viewed from one perspective, Em’s, the main character.  Read more