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"Story of famine in the deep Sahara, the ozone hole over Antarctica, the dangerous legacy of a dead biologist - and Beui Ish-Mahel, the survivor of an ancient desert clan. The B̀lue chameleon' is currently being adapted as a screenplay." (Source: Trove)
Notes
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Dedication: For Caroline and John Ball
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Arabic character and references to the Middle East.
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Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Other Selves: Subjectivity and the 'Doppelganger' in Australian Adolescent Fiction
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing the Australian Child : Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children 1996; (p. 17-36) -
'The Blue Chameleon' by Katherine Scholes
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 1 no. 3 1993; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel -
New Values, New Awards
1991
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 14-16) -
'A Green Thought in a Green Shade' : A Study of the Pastoral in Australian Children's Fiction of the 1980s
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature and Contemporary Theory 1991; Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 4 no. 1 1993; (p. 22-37) Scutter canvasses over 20 Australian children's and young adult novels, some in more detail than others, with a view to examining their representation of the 'pastoral'. While drawing attention to the changing significance of how the pastoral is portrayed, Scutter points out that the fundamental paradigm of the pastoral continues to depend upon the dichotomy, or contrast between the city and country (23). Scutter believes that 'the future locus of the pastoral' lies in 'the continued exploration of what is perceived to be other in our lives' (36) and sees the genre as moving in two distinct directions: 'towards the otherness that is within the individual psyche' and 'towards a more expansive otherness', one which takes the pastoral out of the 'secret garden or hidden valley into the wider world' (36). -
Grand Translations
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , March-April no. 10 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Strange Objects 1990 single work novel ; The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel
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Grand Translations
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , March-April no. 10 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Strange Objects 1990 single work novel ; The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel -
'The Blue Chameleon' by Katherine Scholes
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 1 no. 3 1993; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel -
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 March 1990;
— Review of The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 December 1989;
— Review of The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel -
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 March 1990; (p. 3)
— Review of The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel -
New Values, New Awards
1991
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 14-16) -
Sources of Resilience: Australian Books for Children and Adolescents
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , vol. 15 no. 4 1990; (p. 166-167) Pemberton introduces six papers that critically engage with children's books in Australia and present a wide range of subjects and critical approaches. He briefly references the work of the aforementioned authors, quoting from Wrightson's Nargun and the Stars in recognition of the 'mythic potentialities' and 'immense challenge' of writing about what it means to be Australian (166). In this sense it is 'the image of the Australian child' and how this image is situated within and in relation to, the landscape that provides the focus for this issue of the periodical, drawing attention to how 'the dimensions of mythic distance in Australian children's literature are wide indeed' (167). For Pemberton, the authors and texts under discussion utilise 'the idiosyncrasies of Australian idiom, humour and candour' in ways that 'are testimony to a national resilience' and representative of 'the evolution of national identity' (166-67). -
Getting Inside the Head of a Chameleon
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 1990; (p. 10) -
Other Selves: Subjectivity and the 'Doppelganger' in Australian Adolescent Fiction
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing the Australian Child : Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children 1996; (p. 17-36) -
'A Green Thought in a Green Shade' : A Study of the Pastoral in Australian Children's Fiction of the 1980s
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature and Contemporary Theory 1991; Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 4 no. 1 1993; (p. 22-37) Scutter canvasses over 20 Australian children's and young adult novels, some in more detail than others, with a view to examining their representation of the 'pastoral'. While drawing attention to the changing significance of how the pastoral is portrayed, Scutter points out that the fundamental paradigm of the pastoral continues to depend upon the dichotomy, or contrast between the city and country (23). Scutter believes that 'the future locus of the pastoral' lies in 'the continued exploration of what is perceived to be other in our lives' (36) and sees the genre as moving in two distinct directions: 'towards the otherness that is within the individual psyche' and 'towards a more expansive otherness', one which takes the pastoral out of the 'secret garden or hidden valley into the wider world' (36).
Awards
- 1990 winner Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
- 1990 winner New South Wales State Literary Awards — Children's Book Award
Last amended 24 Sep 2014 16:59:02
Settings:
- Middle East, Asia,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Antarctica,
- Urban,
- Desert,
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