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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Mahalia
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When his girlfriend leaves him and their five-month-old baby, seventeen-year-old Matt struggles to make a life for himself and Mahalia, the daughter he adores.

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Now the man has a child, He knows all the names of the local dogs.' - Japanese poem
  • Also published in sound recording format.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2001 .
      Extent: 204p.
      ISBN: 1865084425
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Knopf ,       2003 .
      Extent: 184p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      ISBN: 0375823255
Alternative title: Machalija
Language: Lithuanian
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Just Telling It Like It Is? Representations of Teenage Fatherhood in Contemporary Western Young Adult Fiction Michelle Ireland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature , May vol. 16 no. 1 2006; (p. 41-50) Gill is concerned with the representation of teenage fatherhood in western contemporary children's fiction and critiques a number of non-Australian texts as well as Mahalia, by Australian author Joanne Horniman (2001). In relation to the idea of compulsory heterosexuality and the performance of masculinity, Gill argues that there is a distinct lack of attention in texts regarding the representation of teenage fatherhood which is seen as essentially problematic. This is mainly due, says Gill, to assumptions regarding 'normative' fatherhood whereby fathers are expected to provide emotional and financial support to their children. After analysing a number of texts, Gill concludes that (with the exception of one), all the novels 'challenge socially constructed stereotypes which suggest that teenage fathers as a group belong to an underclass with low education achievement' and they do this by representing their situations as difficult and unique with the possibility of different outcomes and resolutions (p.49).
The Children's Book Council of Australia : Annual Awards 2002 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 2-13)
Reviews of the Shortlisted Books Relevant to Teenage Readers Jennifer Riggs , Kris Johnstone , Geoff Ferguson , Iain Browning , Jill Midolo , Nicole Crouch , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 10-19)
— Review of Finding Grace Alyssa Brugman , 2001 single work novel ; Forest Sonya Hartnett , 2001 single work novel ; Yoss Odo Hirsch , 2001 single work novel ; Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel ; Jinx Margaret Wild , 2001 single work novel ; When Dogs Cry Markus Zusak , 2001 single work novel ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 Kerry Greenwood , 2001 single work children's fiction ; An Ordinary Day Libby Gleeson , 2001 single work picture book ; My Dog John Heffernan , 2000 single work picture book ; In My Backyard Nette Hilton , 2001 single work picture book ; The Red Tree Shaun Tan , 2001 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac Anthony Hill , 2001 single work biography
Book of the Year : Older Readers Wendy Michaels , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 19)
— Review of Finding Grace Alyssa Brugman , 2001 single work novel ; Forest Sonya Hartnett , 2001 single work novel ; Yoss Odo Hirsch , 2001 single work novel ; Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel ; Jinx Margaret Wild , 2001 single work novel ; When Dogs Cry Markus Zusak , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 44)
— Review of Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 44)
— Review of Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel
CoverNotes Michelle Griffin , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 March 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel
Countering Stereotypes Stephen Matthews , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 May 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Cry of the Karri Errol Broome , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel
Teen Fiction Katharine England , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 June 2001; (p. 21)
— Review of Riding the Blues Jeri Kroll , 2001 single work novel ; Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel ; Follow the Blue Brigid Lowry , 2001 single work novel
[Review] Mahalia [and] Lirael Rayma Turton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 16 no. 1 2001; (p. 39)
— Review of Mahalia Joanne Horniman , 2001 single work novel ; Lirael : Daughter of the Clayr Garth Nix , 2001 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia : Annual Awards 2002 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 2-13)
Just Telling It Like It Is? Representations of Teenage Fatherhood in Contemporary Western Young Adult Fiction Michelle Ireland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature , May vol. 16 no. 1 2006; (p. 41-50) Gill is concerned with the representation of teenage fatherhood in western contemporary children's fiction and critiques a number of non-Australian texts as well as Mahalia, by Australian author Joanne Horniman (2001). In relation to the idea of compulsory heterosexuality and the performance of masculinity, Gill argues that there is a distinct lack of attention in texts regarding the representation of teenage fatherhood which is seen as essentially problematic. This is mainly due, says Gill, to assumptions regarding 'normative' fatherhood whereby fathers are expected to provide emotional and financial support to their children. After analysing a number of texts, Gill concludes that (with the exception of one), all the novels 'challenge socially constructed stereotypes which suggest that teenage fathers as a group belong to an underclass with low education achievement' and they do this by representing their situations as difficult and unique with the possibility of different outcomes and resolutions (p.49).
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