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Twelve-year-old Sam has soccer fever. He lives with eccentric Auntie Amshara and Ronaldo his dog. His best friend is Goose, Captain of the local soccer team, that is, until soccer crazed Jessica Bowles moves in next door. Sam soon discovers that there's more to life than just soccer.
Notes
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Novel in verse form
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Spangled Drongo
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 14 no. 3 1999; (p. 32)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel -
[Review] The Spangled Drongo
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 34)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel -
Generation Next
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , August vol. 4 no. 7 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel ; Tyro 1999 single work novel -
Pick of the Week
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 July 1999; (p. 16)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel
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[Review] The Spangled Drongo
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 34)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel -
[Review] The Spangled Drongo
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 14 no. 3 1999; (p. 32)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel -
Pick of the Week
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 July 1999; (p. 16)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel -
Generation Next
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , August vol. 4 no. 7 1999; (p. 25)
— Review of The Spangled Drongo : A Verse Novel 1999 single work novel ; Tyro 1999 single work novel
Awards
- 2000 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature
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