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'Silent, desperate, on the run. To set things right, he'll have to be as game as Ned Kelly.
Ned is a teenager with an encyclopaedic knowledge of Australian bushrangers. He is also autistic. Erin is a sixteen-year-old trouble-magnet trying to make a fresh start in a new town. Ned never speaks. Erin rarely stops - and when she stands up to a bully the consequences are catastrophic. Now Ned's on the run, branded 'disturbed and dangerous' by police. To set things right, he'll need to be as game as Ned Kelly...'
(Source: back cover)
Notes
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Warning: Please be aware that this work may contain words, terms or descriptions which may be culturally sensitive and are considered inappropriate today, but which reflect the period in which it was written.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Autism. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Game as Ned
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 1 2008; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction -
From Days of Solitude
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 10-11) Pegler discusses what inspired him to write, why he continues writing, and how he came to write a story about a boy with autism. -
[Review] Game as Ned
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 36)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Game as Ned
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , November no. 3 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Game as Ned
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 15 no. 4 2007; (p. 17)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Game as Ned
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 87 no. 2 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Game as Ned
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 30 September 2007; (p. 42)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction -
Surfacing Beyond Silence
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2007; (p. 18)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction ; Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight 2007 single work novel ; The Truth About Emma 2007 single work novel ; Getting Air 2007 single work novel ; Solo 2007 single work novel -
Austenitis
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 296 2007; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight 2007 single work novel ; Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs 2007 single work novel ; The Truth About Emma 2007 single work novel ; Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction ; Solo 2007 single work novel ; Marty's Shadow 2007 single work novel -
[Review] Game as Ned
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 44)
— Review of Game as Ned 2007 single work children's fiction -
From Days of Solitude
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 10-11) Pegler discusses what inspired him to write, why he continues writing, and how he came to write a story about a boy with autism.
Awards
- 2008 longlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- 2008 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
- Victoria,
- Rural,
- 1970s