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'Paul is trying to escape. He's trying to escape from an Italian heritage that just doesn't seem to have relevance for him any more, and he's trying to escape from his nonno. They come from two different worlds, he and his grandfather, and Paul is more interested in his own world – his friends, the girls, the fast cars, the go-carts – than Nonno's strange and embarrassing behaviour.
'Nonno is more than just a silly old man getting in the way of Paul's lifestyle, though. Nonno has more stories to tell than Paul can even begin to imagine. But there is one big problem – Nonno is losing his mind.' (Publication summary)
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Alzheimer's disease. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person (not the character with Alzheimer's disease).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tales My Nonna Told Me
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 51-57) -
Novels for the Classroom
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 137 2003; (p. 57-65)
— Review of Augustine's Lunch 2001 single work novel ; Boots and All 2003 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete : A Tale of Underground Uncertainty 2002 single work children's fiction ; Dj Max 2002 single work novel ; The Dons 2001 single work novel ; The Fifth Quest 2002 single work novel ; Grinders 2001 single work novel ; Grommet Saves the World 2003 single work novel ; Monstered 2001 single work novel ; Old Ridley 2002 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac 2001 single work biography ; Treasure Hunters 2002 single work novel ; The Whale's Child 2002 single work novel ; White Ute Dreaming 2002 single work novel ; Winning 2002 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 46 no. 1 2002; (p. 40)
— Review of The Dons 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 34-35)
— Review of The Dons 2001 single work novel -
[Review]] The Dons [and] Saving Saddler Street
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 2002; (p. 24)
— Review of The Dons 2001 single work novel ; Saving Saddler Street 2001 single work novel
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 46 no. 1 2002; (p. 40)
— Review of The Dons 2001 single work novel -
Novels for the Classroom
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 137 2003; (p. 57-65)
— Review of Augustine's Lunch 2001 single work novel ; Boots and All 2003 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete : A Tale of Underground Uncertainty 2002 single work children's fiction ; Dj Max 2002 single work novel ; The Dons 2001 single work novel ; The Fifth Quest 2002 single work novel ; Grinders 2001 single work novel ; Grommet Saves the World 2003 single work novel ; Monstered 2001 single work novel ; Old Ridley 2002 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac 2001 single work biography ; Treasure Hunters 2002 single work novel ; The Whale's Child 2002 single work novel ; White Ute Dreaming 2002 single work novel ; Winning 2002 single work children's fiction -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 October 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of The Dons 2001 single work novel -
Awakenings
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 239 2002; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Moondyne Kate 2001 single work novel ; When Dogs Cry 2001 single work novel ; The Dons 2001 single work novel ; Tracking the Dalai Lama 2001 single work novel ; The Eight Lives of Stullie the Great 2001 single work novel -
[Review]] The Dons [and] Saving Saddler Street
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 2002; (p. 24)
— Review of The Dons 2001 single work novel ; Saving Saddler Street 2001 single work novel -
Tales My Nonna Told Me
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007; (p. 51-57)
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