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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Captain Johnno
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Johnno, a young deaf boy who is having problems at home and school, leaves his coastal town and rows out to a deserted island in his dinghy. The town organises a search party to find him.

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  • Also available in braille and sound recording formats.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Deafness.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Mandy Cheetham , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 3 no. 4 1988; (p. 30)

— Review of Captain Johnno Rob George , 1988 single work novel
Untitled Bernice Eastman , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 32 no. 3 1988; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Captain Johnno Rob George , 1988 single work novel
Children Reading Children's Fiction Zac Teichmann , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 107 1988; (p. 35-37)
Untitled Mandy Cheetham , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 3 no. 4 1988; (p. 30)

— Review of Captain Johnno Rob George , 1988 single work novel
Untitled Bernice Eastman , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 32 no. 3 1988; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Captain Johnno Rob George , 1988 single work novel
Children Reading Children's Fiction Zac Teichmann , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 107 1988; (p. 35-37)
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