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'One, two, three, breath. When a juvenile detention exercise off the coast of the Kimberley goes wrong, sixteen-year-old Sparrow must swim to shore. There are sharks and crocs around him but the monsters he fears most live in the dark spaces in his mind. He's swimming away from his prison life and towards a desolate, rocky coastland and the hollow promise of freedom. He'll eat or be eaten, kill or be killed. With no voice, no family and the odds stacked against him, Sparrow has nothing left to lose. But to survive he'll need something more potent than desperation, something more dangerous than a makeshift knife. Hope.' (Publication summary)
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Trio of Authors Packs a Punch
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 January 2018; (p. 18)
— Review of Take Three Girls 2017 single work novel ; A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares 2017 single work novel ; Unrequited 2017 single work novel ; Sparrow 2017 single work novel ; Wilder Country 2017 single work novel ; Nevermoor : The Trials of Morrigan Crow 2017 single work children's fiction ; The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone 2017 single work children's fiction'The following books each contain something unexpected.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Sparrow
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 106 2017;
— Review of Sparrow 2017 single work novel -
[Review] Sparrow
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 43)
— Review of Sparrow 2017 single work novel'Sparrow opens through an uncompromising window into a harsh world - a party of eight people and their adult supervisors on a broken-down boat travelling back to Derby in the north of Western Australia after a weeks boot camp. Radcliffe, volatile at the best of times, but totally unpredictable off his 'meds', puts a ho;e in the fuel line and the fuel tank (and the boat) blows blows up. Our main character, known then only as 'the boy' dives overboard and turns his back on the mess of the boat and the mess of his prison life.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Sparrow
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 43)
— Review of Sparrow 2017 single work novel'Sparrow opens through an uncompromising window into a harsh world - a party of eight people and their adult supervisors on a broken-down boat travelling back to Derby in the north of Western Australia after a weeks boot camp. Radcliffe, volatile at the best of times, but totally unpredictable off his 'meds', puts a ho;e in the fuel line and the fuel tank (and the boat) blows blows up. Our main character, known then only as 'the boy' dives overboard and turns his back on the mess of the boat and the mess of his prison life.' (Introduction)
-
Trio of Authors Packs a Punch
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 January 2018; (p. 18)
— Review of Take Three Girls 2017 single work novel ; A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares 2017 single work novel ; Unrequited 2017 single work novel ; Sparrow 2017 single work novel ; Wilder Country 2017 single work novel ; Nevermoor : The Trials of Morrigan Crow 2017 single work children's fiction ; The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone 2017 single work children's fiction'The following books each contain something unexpected.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Sparrow
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 106 2017;
— Review of Sparrow 2017 single work novel
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Young Adult Book Award
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2018 longlisted Indie Awards — Young Adult
- Kimberley, Deloraine area, Meander Valley, Northeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
