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Working as first-time drovers for Johnny Hart, Lal and Ralph find themselves inching along a dusty, desperate road. There is a future there if only they can outlast the drought, roll with the punches, absorb the knockbacks and stick together. (LA)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Joined Souls and Shared Pain
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 2000; (p. 12-13) -
Writers Up Close
1999
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 March 1999; (p. 4-5) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1997
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 41 no. 3 1997; (p. 4-13) An overview of the entries, shortlisted, and award winners for the 1997 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award -
Rich Characterisation, Generosty [sic] of Spirit
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 August 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of Johnny Hart's Heroes 1996 single work novel ; A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove 1997 single work novel -
A Fondness for His Characters
1997
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 May 1997; (p. C10)
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[Review] Johnny Hart's Heroes
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 40 no. 2 1996; (p. 16)
— Review of Johnny Hart's Heroes 1996 single work novel -
Fictions Come of Age
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 July 1996; (p. rev 7)
— Review of The Enemy You Killed 1996 single work novel ; Johnny Hart's Heroes 1996 single work novel ; The Devil Latch 1997 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 -
Big, Brave and Brilliant
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 182 1996; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Johnny Hart's Heroes 1996 single work novel ; Killer Boots 1996 single work novel -
Rich Characterisation, Generosty [sic] of Spirit
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 August 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of Johnny Hart's Heroes 1996 single work novel ; A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove 1997 single work novel -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1997
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 41 no. 3 1997; (p. 4-13) An overview of the entries, shortlisted, and award winners for the 1997 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award -
Writers Up Close
1999
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 March 1999; (p. 4-5) -
A Fondness for His Characters
1997
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 May 1997; (p. C10) -
Joined Souls and Shared Pain
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 2000; (p. 12-13)
Awards
- 1998 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA)
- 1997 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 1996 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature — The Ethel Turner Prize for Children's Writing
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