AustLit logo

AustLit

Roie Thomas Roie Thomas i(A111969 works by)
Gender: Unknown
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 [Review] Raw Blue Roie Thomas , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 18 no. 1 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of Choices Dianne Wolfer , 2001 single work novel ; Raw Blue Kirsty Eagar , 2009 single work novel
1 [Review] Magenta McPhee Roie Thomas , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 17)

— Review of Magenta McPhee Catherine Bateson , 2009 single work novel
1 [Review] Jarvis 24 Roie Thomas , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 17 no. 2 2009; (p. 32)

— Review of Jarvis 24 David Metzenthen , 2009 single work novel
Thomas develops the view that while 'Marc's story is, on some levels, that of a typical sixteen-year-old Australian male...there are complexities to the narrative that lift it from the stereotype' in this review.
1 y separately published work icon Tim Winton's Cloudstreet Insight Text Guides – Cloudstreet Roie Thomas , Elsternwick : Insight Publications , 2009 6897681 2009 single work criticism

'Insight Text Guides – Cloudstreet is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive guide to Tim Winton's novel contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 [Review] Shutterspeed Roie Thomas , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 16 no. 4 2008; (p. 16)

— Review of Shutterspeed A. J. Betts , 2008 single work novel
Thomas describes Shutterspeed as an 'understated general treatise on depression'. However she muses that 'building blocks for transcendence over despair' are laid for Year 12 student Dustin by the end of the book.
1 [Untitled] Roie Thomas , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books For Young Adults , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 2008; (p. 38-39)

— Review of The Pearl Hunters Kim Wilkins , 2008 single work children's fiction
1 [Review] Genius Squad Roie Thomas , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of Genius Squad Catherine Jinks , 2008 single work novel
1 [Untitled] Roie Thomas , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 16 no. 3 2008; (p. 26-27)

— Review of The Boat Nam Le , 2008 selected work short story
Thomas describes Le as talented when discussing the "compelling and eclectic" range of stories in this longer critical review.
1 [Untitled] Roie Thomas , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 15 no. 4 2007; (p. 46)

— Review of Loser Pina Grieco-Tiso , 2006 single work novel
1 [Untitled] Roie Thomas , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 15 no. 4 2007; (p. 19)

— Review of Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs Michael Gerard Bauer , 2007 single work novel
X