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'Nine Hours North tells the bittersweet story of couple Sarah and Adam who are living together in Nagoya, Japan, nine hours north of Australia. Adam works for Nagoya Language Centre teaching English to company executives from Toyota. The two 21 year olds have been in a relationship for 4 years but the relationship is starting to strain. They have planned a cycling tour of Hokkaido before setting off for a few months in Europe. Before they leave, Marianne comes into their life. She's an old acquaintance of Sarah's and comes to stay for a while with the two of them. However, it is Adam who takes a shine to her and sees all the things he's missing in Marianne... This is a touching novel told in verse which looks at relationships, growing and changing against the backdrop of a foreign country and customs. It is about moving forward, facing challenges and making decisions. (Source: iPrimus website)
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Verse novel.
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work is set in Japan.
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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.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Nine Hours North
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel -
Nine Years Later
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 6-7) -
[Review] Nine Hours North
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 50 no. 2 2006; (p. 40-41)
— Review of Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel -
The Interview : Tim Sinclair
Heather Taylor Johnson
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Spring no. 4 2006; (p. 28-30) -
A Splash of Genres
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 282 2006; (p. 59-60)
— Review of Incurable 2005 single work novel ; Cat's Mountain 2006 single work novel ; Dreamrider 2006 single work novel ; Aliki Says 2006 single work novel ; Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel ; Rue for Repentance 2006 single work novel ; Pagan's Daughter 2006 single work novel ; The Red Shoe 2006 single work novel ; Sir Thursday 2006 single work children's fiction
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Adrift on a Journey of Love and Losing
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 February 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 February 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of Nightshade : A Gina Champion Mystery 2006 single work novel ; Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel ; Friend and Philosopher 2006 single work novel -
This Week's Selections
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 April 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel -
A Splash of Genres
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 282 2006; (p. 59-60)
— Review of Incurable 2005 single work novel ; Cat's Mountain 2006 single work novel ; Dreamrider 2006 single work novel ; Aliki Says 2006 single work novel ; Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel ; Rue for Repentance 2006 single work novel ; Pagan's Daughter 2006 single work novel ; The Red Shoe 2006 single work novel ; Sir Thursday 2006 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Nine Hours North
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 50 no. 2 2006; (p. 40-41)
— Review of Nine Hours North 2006 single work novel -
The Interview : Tim Sinclair
Heather Taylor Johnson
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Spring no. 4 2006; (p. 28-30) -
Nine Years Later
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 2006; (p. 6-7)
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