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For years she dreamed of owning a dog. She got Checkers. He was an exuberant undisciplined mutt, with a heap of attitude. His white and black coat had passers-by pointing and laughing. It looked like a mosaic of tiles that had been smashed, then re-assembled. A bit like her life really. And somehow she has to piece it all back together. Only then might she understand why it fell apart in the first place. (Source: Trove)
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Dedication: To Albie, who jumped fences, chased rabbits, and barked at life.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Checkers : The Political Novel
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: John Marsden : Darkness, Shadow, and Light 2011; (p. 101-114) -
[Review] Checkers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Checkers 1996 single work novel -
John Marsden : 'Fighting On'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182) -
Electr(a)ic Realism : Part 2 : Idealised Reality
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Making It Real : Proceedings of the Fourth Children's Literature Conference 1997; (p. 27-30) -
[Review] Checkers
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 11 no. 2 1996; (p. 48)
— Review of Checkers 1996 single work novel
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[Review] Checkers
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 35)
— Review of Checkers 1996 single work novel -
[Review] Checkers
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 11 no. 2 1996; (p. 48)
— Review of Checkers 1996 single work novel -
[Review] Checkers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Checkers 1996 single work novel -
All It Takes is a Little Bit of Imagination
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 August 1996; (p. C10)
— Review of Green Monkey Dreams : Stories 1996 selected work short story ; Johnny Hart's Heroes 1996 single work novel ; Checkers 1996 single work novel -
Teenager's Plight Hits Raw Nerve
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 17 May 1996; (p. 8)
— Review of Checkers 1996 single work novel -
Telling Teenagers the Truth
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 June 1996; (p. 20) -
Electr(a)ic Realism : Part 2 : Idealised Reality
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Making It Real : Proceedings of the Fourth Children's Literature Conference 1997; (p. 27-30) -
Looking for Adventure
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 14 April 1996; (p. 8) -
Problem Parents : Parental Dishonesty - the Untold Story
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 April 1996; (p. 7) -
John Marsden : 'Fighting On'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 173-182)
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