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'The shots were so close they seemed to explode inside Vithy's head. He threw himself to the ground and clapped his hands over his ears . . . It's Cambodia. The killing machine that is the Khmer Rouge is in power. Vithy has lost everyone and everything he loved - except his older brother, Mang. They've escaped from almost certain execution, but the brothers become separated and Vithy is left alone to 'follow the lines . . . to the border' - his brother's last instructions. But which lines? Which border? A tale of the journey of a boy alone and in danger as he tries to find his brother and escape to freedom.' (Source: Google Books)
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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 Asian setting.
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[Review] Little Brother
2004
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review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 3 2004; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction -
Allan Baillie's Cambodia
1997
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essay
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 6-9) -
Attitudes to War in Australian Children's Literature
1994
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criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 5 no. 1 1994; (p. 34-48) O'Sullivan seeks to 'identify attitudes to war in Australian children's literature' in the period 1914-1994, noting in particular the movement from identification with Britain and the Empire in the early decades of this period to an affinity with Asia and the Pacific in the latter decades (34). The discussion begins with a literature review of Australian and overseas critical research in this field and then surveys a large number of (mainly Australian) novels with war as the central/pivotal theme. O'Sullivan concludes that there has been a change in attitudes to war in Australian children's literature, whereby 'once Australia was part of the British Empire and prepared to fight for that anywhere in the world, now multicultural Australia takes a broader view and sees herself as part of a global family' (47). -
New Titles for Children and Young People
1992
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— Appears in: The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books , March vol. 45 no. 7 1992; (p. 173-74)
— Review of Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Little Brother
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , Mar/April vol. 68 no. 2 1992; (p. 201-202)
— Review of Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Little Brother
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 3 2004; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction -
Book Council Boosts New Writers
1986
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— Appears in: The Age , 19 July 1986;
— Review of Arkwright 1985 single work children's fiction ; Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction -
The Rite Stuff is a Modest Award Winner
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 July 1986; (p. 46)
— Review of Arkwright 1985 single work children's fiction ; The Changelings of Chaan 1985 single work novel ; The Green Wind 1985 single work children's fiction ; First There was Frances 1985 single work picture book ; Burke and Wills 1985 single work information book ; Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction ; Felix & Alexander 1985 single work picture book -
Hardship and Humour : Country Life Recalled
1986
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 April 1986; (p. B2)
— Review of The Changelings of Chaan 1985 single work novel ; The Green Wind 1985 single work children's fiction ; Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction -
Dollar glooom, but the boom goes on
1986
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review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 July 1986;
— Review of Little Brother 1985 single work children's fiction -
Allan Baillie's Cambodia
1997
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essay
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 6-9) -
Know the Author : Allan Baillie
1987
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 16-18) -
Of Hopes and Njimbins
1988
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criticism
— Appears in: Looking Back (1988-1788) : The Bicentennial Book of the Rockhampton Writers' Club 1988; (p. 31-32) -
Attitudes to War in Australian Children's Literature
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 5 no. 1 1994; (p. 34-48) O'Sullivan seeks to 'identify attitudes to war in Australian children's literature' in the period 1914-1994, noting in particular the movement from identification with Britain and the Empire in the early decades of this period to an affinity with Asia and the Pacific in the latter decades (34). The discussion begins with a literature review of Australian and overseas critical research in this field and then surveys a large number of (mainly Australian) novels with war as the central/pivotal theme. O'Sullivan concludes that there has been a change in attitudes to war in Australian children's literature, whereby 'once Australia was part of the British Empire and prepared to fight for that anywhere in the world, now multicultural Australia takes a broader view and sees herself as part of a global family' (47). -
Judges' Report 1986
1986
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criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 100 1986; (p. 11-16)
Awards
- 1986 highly commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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