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'When Farren Fox's father is missing at sea, all Farren wants is for his brother, Danny, to come home from Gallipoli. But when Danny does return from the war, he is vastly changed. And with the arrival of the mysterious child Souki, the sole survivor of a midnight shipwreck, the lives of both Fox brothers are altered forever.' (Cover).
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Dedication: For Elva Elizabeth Ingamells
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Adolescence Adrift : The Lost Child in Contemporary Australian Gothic YA Fiction
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Young Adult Gothic Fiction : Monstrous Selves/Monstrous Others 2021; -
Ruins or Foundations : Great War Literature in the Australian Curriculum
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012; 'The Great War has been represented in Australian curricula since 1914, in texts with tones ranging from bellicose patriotism to idealistic pacifism. Australian curricula have included war literature as one way of transmitting cultural values, values that continue to evolve as successive generations relate differently to war and peace. Changes in ethical perspectives and popular feeling have guided text selection and pedagogy, so that texts which were once accepted as foundational to Australian society seem, at later times, to document civilisation's ruin.
In recent years, overseas texts have been preferred above Australian examples as mediators of the Great War, an event still held by many to be of essential importance to Australia. This paper first considers arguments for including Great War texts on the national curriculum, exploring what war literature can, and cannot, be expected to bring to the program. Interrogating the purpose/s of war literature in the curriculum and the ways in which the texts may be used to meet such expectations, the paper then discusses styles of war texts and investigates whether there is a case for including more texts by Australian authors.' (Author's abstract)
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Books, Places and the Imagination
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 16-17) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008
2008
single work
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9) -
[Review] Black Water
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Black Water 2007 single work novel
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Weaving of Life Journeys
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 April 2007; (p. 18)
— Review of Black Water 2007 single work novel ; Love Like Water 2007 single work novel ; Dragon Moon 2007 single work children's fiction ; The Herb of Grace 2007 single work children's fiction ; Drift 2007 single work novel -
Books Kids
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 19 - 20 May 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of Black Water 2007 single work novel -
Books Kids
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 19 - 20 May 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of Black Water 2007 single work novel -
[Review] Black Water
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Black Water 2007 single work novel -
[Review] Black Water
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 22 no. 2 2007; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Black Water 2007 single work novel -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9) -
Ruins or Foundations : Great War Literature in the Australian Curriculum
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012; 'The Great War has been represented in Australian curricula since 1914, in texts with tones ranging from bellicose patriotism to idealistic pacifism. Australian curricula have included war literature as one way of transmitting cultural values, values that continue to evolve as successive generations relate differently to war and peace. Changes in ethical perspectives and popular feeling have guided text selection and pedagogy, so that texts which were once accepted as foundational to Australian society seem, at later times, to document civilisation's ruin.
In recent years, overseas texts have been preferred above Australian examples as mediators of the Great War, an event still held by many to be of essential importance to Australia. This paper first considers arguments for including Great War texts on the national curriculum, exploring what war literature can, and cannot, be expected to bring to the program. Interrogating the purpose/s of war literature in the curriculum and the ways in which the texts may be used to meet such expectations, the paper then discusses styles of war texts and investigates whether there is a case for including more texts by Australian authors.' (Author's abstract)
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Books, Places and the Imagination
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 16-17) -
Adolescence Adrift : The Lost Child in Contemporary Australian Gothic YA Fiction
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Young Adult Gothic Fiction : Monstrous Selves/Monstrous Others 2021;
Awards
- 2008 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- 2008 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book
- 2007 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Young Adult Fiction
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Gallipoli,
cTurkey,cMiddle East, Asia,
- Queenscliff, Queenscliff area (Bellarine Peninsula), Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,
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