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'Two young warriors, Jeth and Rae, are under the control of mutant masters. Through refusing to kill each other, they are exiled from the Keep, but are able to provide hope for a new generation opposed to violence.'
Source: Blurb.
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- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Children of the Apocalypse
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study 2011; (p. 108-134)This chapter explores apocalypse in children's literature with reference to literary attitudes to children, nature and dystopia. Examinations of works by Lee Harding, Victor Kelleher, and John Marsden then focus on how these writers adapt apocalyptic themes for a juvenile audience. Their novels display tyranny, large-scale catastrophe, invasion, and children in danger, and their apocalyptic settings reveal anxieties about isolation, invasion, Indigenous land rights and colonization. (108)
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An Interview with Victor Kelleher
Steven Paulsen
(interviewer),
1994
single work
interview
— Appears in: Sirius , February no. 4 1994; (p. 24-29) -
A very long way from 'Billabong'
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 2 no. 1 1991; (p. 30-35) -
Living with Ourselves : Recent Australian Science Fiction for Children and Young People
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 4 1990; (p. 185-189) Nimon observes that Australian science fiction for children tends to present futuristic narratives that are 'earthbound' rather than 'launching into the void between the stars or touching down on remote and wonderous planets' (185). She claims that writers of juvenile science fiction 'find Australia itself to be a challenging terrain...a continent whose people are neither comfortable nor assured in their possession of it' (185). Following a discussion of novels by Lee Harding (Displaced Persons, Waiting for the End of the World), Victor Kelleher (Taronga, The Makers), and Gillian Rubinstein (Beyond the Labyrinth, Skymaze and Space Demons), Nimon claims that as well as the tendency of Australian science fiction for children to remain earthbound, there is a pervasive theme of individualization, 'where the dangers encountered and the foes met are the powers of our own desires and weaknesses; we battle to control our unruly selves' and as such, 'the future lies in our own hands' (188). -
Speculative Fiction for Australian Children
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 108 1989; (p. 22-25)
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 3 no. 2 1988; (p. 33)
— Review of The Makers 1987 single work novel -
Story of a Violent Society Shows the Way to Peace
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 December 1989; (p. 14)
— Review of The Makers 1987 single work novel -
Nude Boy in Cover-Up
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 April 1988;
— Review of Where the Forest Meets the Sea 1987 single work picture book ; So Much to Tell You 1987 single work novel ; Pheasant and Kingfisher 1987 single work picture book ; The Long Red Scarf 1987 single work picture book ; The Landing : A Night of Birds 1987 single work children's fiction ; Deezle Boy 1987 single work novel ; My Place : The Story of Australia from Now to Then 1987 single work picture book ; Digging to China 1988 single work picture book ; Obernewtyn 1987 single work novel ; A Paddock of Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; Looking Out For Sampson 1987 single work children's fiction ; The Makers 1987 single work novel ; Birk, the Berserker 1987 single work children's fiction ; Tucking Mummy In 1987 single work picture book -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 32 no. 1 1988; (p. 47-48)
— Review of The Makers 1987 single work novel -
Living with Ourselves : Recent Australian Science Fiction for Children and Young People
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 4 1990; (p. 185-189) Nimon observes that Australian science fiction for children tends to present futuristic narratives that are 'earthbound' rather than 'launching into the void between the stars or touching down on remote and wonderous planets' (185). She claims that writers of juvenile science fiction 'find Australia itself to be a challenging terrain...a continent whose people are neither comfortable nor assured in their possession of it' (185). Following a discussion of novels by Lee Harding (Displaced Persons, Waiting for the End of the World), Victor Kelleher (Taronga, The Makers), and Gillian Rubinstein (Beyond the Labyrinth, Skymaze and Space Demons), Nimon claims that as well as the tendency of Australian science fiction for children to remain earthbound, there is a pervasive theme of individualization, 'where the dangers encountered and the foes met are the powers of our own desires and weaknesses; we battle to control our unruly selves' and as such, 'the future lies in our own hands' (188). -
An Interview with Victor Kelleher
Steven Paulsen
(interviewer),
1994
single work
interview
— Appears in: Sirius , February no. 4 1994; (p. 24-29) -
Children of the Apocalypse
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film : A Critical Study 2011; (p. 108-134)This chapter explores apocalypse in children's literature with reference to literary attitudes to children, nature and dystopia. Examinations of works by Lee Harding, Victor Kelleher, and John Marsden then focus on how these writers adapt apocalyptic themes for a juvenile audience. Their novels display tyranny, large-scale catastrophe, invasion, and children in danger, and their apocalyptic settings reveal anxieties about isolation, invasion, Indigenous land rights and colonization. (108)
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A very long way from 'Billabong'
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 2 no. 1 1991; (p. 30-35) -
Children's Book Council Awards
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 105 1988; (p. 26-28)
Awards
- 1989 winner Children's Peace Literature Award
- 1988 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Australian Long Fiction
- 1988 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
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