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'Robin's life is spiralling out of control. His father [is a] tyrant, his mother's disappeared and the wrong girl's luring him into her web... Intolerable images keep flashing through his head. What does Robin really know about his past? Are there clues in his own writing? And what secrets lie within the frozen forest?
'Paul Jennings' first novel for older readers is a stunning and original network of crossing trails with combine to tell the dark, tense and ultimately uplifting story about a boy who dares to stare into the spider holes of his own mind.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Further information about The Nest is available on the Penguin website: http://www.penguin.com.au/nest/default.cfm
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Nest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
[Review] The Nest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 34)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
[Review] The Nest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 24 no. 2 2009; (p. 41)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
[Review] The Nest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 17 no. 2 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel Gordon describes, in a lengthy review, the shift away from past Jennings trademark writing which is a 'lighthearted, funny or embarrassing...journey through adolescence' towards a work with the 'raw emotions of hate, fear, desperation and loneliness that adolescence is notorious for'. -
[Review] The Nest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , May no. 1 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel
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Under Age
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 March 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel ; The Terrible Plop 2009 single work picture book ; The Adventures of Nanny Piggins 2009 single work children's fiction -
King of the Kids Comes into His Own
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 2009; (p. 10)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Young Adult
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 March 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
Tale of Teen Angst and Obsession
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 March 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
A Wedding Ring, a Hairbrush and a Swallow's Nest
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 58)
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel -
Nothing to Fear in This Forest
2009
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 April 2009; (p. 26-27) The Age , 4 April 2009; (p. 22-23)
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