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It was the year I broke a bone in my leg,
the year I got my first kiss,
and the year Jesus got himself shot.
One dead Japanese pearl-diver who is starting to smell.
A big, slow Filipino crewman.
A beautiful girl called Amy O'Rourke.
And Sam, who gets mixed up with them all,
and maybe shouldn't have.
Sam is a skinny layabout, working at the Sun Picture Stadium for his dad, and dreaming of being a hero, a cowboy, a legend. It's Broome, the year is 1926, and the heat is on. (Back cover)
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains a major character of Filipino heritage, and minor characters of Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian heritage, as well as references to Asian communities in Broome.
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New Texts for the Secondary English Classroom
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 140 2004; (p. 31-37)
— Review of Black Juice 2004 selected work short story ; Boys of Blood and Bone 2003 single work novel ; Finding Cassie Crazy 2003 single work novel ; Fly a Rebel Flag : The Battle at Eureka 2004 single work biography ; Fox 2000 single work picture book ; In Flanders Fields 2002 single work picture book ; Mao's Last Dancer 2003 single work autobiography ; Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel ; One Night 2003 single work novel ; Ten Out of Ten 2003 selected work short story -
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2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 17)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 47 no. 4 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Growing Pains in Broome of Old
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 September 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 18 no. 4 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Growing Pains in Broome of Old
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 September 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 47 no. 4 2003; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 17)
— Review of Nights in the Sun 2003 single work novel -
Nights in the Sun by Colin Bowles
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 11 no. 3 2003; (p. 33)
Awards
- 2004 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Young Adult Fiction
- 2004 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book
- 2003 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Writing for Young Adults
Last amended 8 May 2013 09:20:36
Settings:
- Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- 1926
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