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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains Afghan characters.
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Works about this Work
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Building Cultural Citizenship : Multiculturalism and Children's Literature
2007
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criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 3-6) -
Under the Wire : Detainee Activism in Australian Children's Literature
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 17-22)Debra Dudek critiques two novels by Morris Gleitzman, Girl Underground (2004) and Boy Overboard (2002), analysing the representation of ethical relationships between detainees and Australian citizens. In relation to children's multicultural fictions and non-fictions, Dudek suggests that in terms of cultural citizenship, Australia needs to move from 'an ethics of compassion to an ethics of responsibility' in order to understand tolerance as 'a way of respecting absolute differences' (20-21).
Dudek explains how an ethics of responsibility requires the citizens of Australia to actively participate in the dismantling of mandatory detention as an enactment of justice that works towards realizing the meaning of a 'fulfilling social life' (20-21). For Dudek (and others) this begins with the recognition of difference rather than its effacement.
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In the Wake of the Tampa : Multiculturalism, Cultural Citizenship and Australian Refugee Narratives
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Dislocations 2006; (p. 21-35) Through the concept of cultural citizenship, Ommundsen comments on recent literary portrayals of asylum seeking and refugee experiences and how they might speak to contemporary views on multiculturalism in Australia. -
Of Murmels and Snigs : Detention-Centre Narratives in Australian Literature for Children and Young Adults
2006
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review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 38-42)
— Review of From Nothing to Zero : Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres 2003 anthology correspondence ; Walk in My Shoes 2004 single work novel ; Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry ; Alyzon Whitestarr 2005 single work novel ; No Place Like Home : Australian Stories by Young Writers Aged 8-21 Years 2005 anthology biography short story autobiography essay ; Number 8 2006 single work novel ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction ; Soraya the Storyteller 2004 single work children's fiction ; Ali the Bold Heart 2006 single work picture book ; Another Country 2004 anthology poetry autobiography prose diary correspondence ; Refugees 2003 single work picture book ; The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Can't Help Flying High and Falling in Deep) 2005 single work children's fiction ; Dancing the Boom-Cha-Cha Boogie 2005 single work picture book ; Dreaming Australia 2004 single work novel -
[Review] Girl Underground
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , October no. 3 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Girl Underground
2004
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review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , June vol. 83 no. 11 2004; (p. 31)
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Young Adults
2004
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 July 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction -
Teenage Dilemmas Unfurled
2004
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 July 2004; (p. 15)
— Review of Sly 1995 single work novel ; Shelf Life 2004 single work novel ; Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Girl Underground
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 35)
— Review of Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Girl Underground
2004
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review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 12 no. 3 2004; (p. 44)
— Review of Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction -
Children's Author Strives to Bring Social Ills to Book
2004
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column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 June 2004; (p. 9) -
Novel View on Ruining Childhood
2004
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correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2004; (p. 8) -
[Review] Girl Underground
2004
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2004; (p. 8) -
[Review] Girl Underground
2004
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2004; (p. 8) -
[Review] Girl Underground
2004
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2004; (p. 8)
Awards
- 2011 YABBA — Hall of Fame
- 2011 winner KOALA Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2010 shortlisted YABBA — Fiction Years 7-9
- 2010 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
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