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'I'm nobody much That's the way Dougy sees himself. Struggling at school, Dougy is quiet. He watches more than he speaks. His siblings, Raymond and Gracey, are the one with the talent- his brother a star footballer and his sister just picked for the state athletic championships. When racial tensions engulf their lonely town in the Australian outback, madness grips and hot-headed men give way to their fears. And waiting in the rising river waters lurks something even more dangerous. Death is stalking Dougy's sister, Gracey, unless he can save her. Can a nobody stand against such forces? Is there more to Dougy than even he knows?' (Publication summary)
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Prequel to Gracey.
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Related Works
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y
Gracey
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1994
Z364422
1994
single work
novel
young adult
'Her brother, Dougy, is an embarrassment, especially when he finds some gruesome old bones that bring experts and activists to town. Gracey’s glad she can get back to school, but Dougy and those bones won’t leave her alone. They’re part of a history that draws her in, revealing more about her family than she could possibly have guessed. Who is Gracey? Does she even know herself? ' (Publication summary)
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y
Angela
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1998
Z563761
1998
single work
novel
young adult
'Angela and Gracey. Friends forever. An easy promise to make but a harder one to keep.
'Especially when your best friend feels torn between you and her Aboriginal world. Yet Gracey doesn’t seem to know what that world means to her. Angela would help her if she could, but there are places she can’t go, feelings she can’t share.
'Then Angela’s comfortable certainties are challenged in a way she can scarcely believe. Did her own grandfather betray Gracey’s people? Will the answer kill their struggling friendship? '
(Publication summary)
Works about this Work
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[Review] Dougy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 65)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
[Review] Dougy
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 63)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
[Review] Dougy
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 28)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
Viewpoints on Literacy: Challenging Voices, Changing Views
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoints on Literacy : Challenging Voices, Changing Views : First Annual Conference Jointly Presented by The School Library Association of Victoria and 'Viewpoint: On Books for Young Adults', November 1999 2000; (p. 7-19) -
The Tension between Assimilation and Identity Politics in James Moloney's Young Adult Novels "Dougy" and "Gracey"
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English Literatures in International Contexts 2000; (p. 333-347)
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[Review] Dougy
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 37 no. 2 1993; (p. 35)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
[Review] Dougy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 65)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
[Review] Dougy
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 63)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
[Review] Dougy
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 28)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
[Review] Dougy
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 7 no. 3 1993; (p. 20)
— Review of Dougy 1993 single work novel -
Know the Author : James Moloney
1994
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 5-7) -
Conversations : Colin Thiele and James Moloney
James Moloney
(interviewer),
1996
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 11 no. 5 1996; (p. 12-15) -
Spiritual Journeys
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May 1994; (p. 9) -
Aboriginality and Multiculturalism being Better Done 'At Last'
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 August 1994; (p. 10A) -
Reality Bites: The Representation of Aboriginality in Children's Books of the Nineties
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Making It Real : Proceedings of the Fourth Children's Literature Conference 1997; (p. 61-68)
Awards
- 1994 winner Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
- 1994 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 1994 Special mention White Ravens
- Country towns,
- Queensland,
