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'A simple boy with an amazing gift.
A promise to a dying man.
And a nation that wants to believe.
Can a twelve year old boy be the hero his country needs?

'David Donald is a simple boy with an amazing bowling arm. He's a spinner who becomes the stuff of legend. His guardian, Uncle Michael, is also a spinner — a great Australian bullshit artist, a shyster and mythmaker. It's between the wars. It's the glory days of cricket.

'Together, David and Michael will rout the English and reveal more than a little about the shaping of the Australian psyche.' (From the publisher's website.)

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  • Dedication: To Jill. And also to Vivienne, Leonie and Meredith. And to Samantha and Frances.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2010 .
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      Extent: 470p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes Glossary of Cricket Terms pp. 447-468
      ISBN: 9781921361937

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Works about this Work

[Review] Spinner : A Novel Chloe Mauger , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
With a Touch of History : Ron Elliott. Author of 'Spinner' Ron Elliott , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 14-15)
Reading and Viewing : Gripping Texts for the Junior Years Deborah McPherson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 45 no. 3 2010; (p. 82-83)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel ; The Billionaire's Curse Richard Newsome , 2008 single work novel ; The Word Spy Ursula Dubosarsky , 2008 single work non-fiction ; The Return of the Word Spy Ursula Dubosarsky , 2010 single work non-fiction
[Review] Spinner : A Novel Carmel Ballinger , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
Off the Shelf : First Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
Well Read Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 August 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of Reading Madame Bovary Amanda Lohrey , 2010 selected work short story ; Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
Off the Shelf : First Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
[Review] Spinner : A Novel Carmel Ballinger , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
Reading and Viewing : Gripping Texts for the Junior Years Deborah McPherson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 45 no. 3 2010; (p. 82-83)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel ; The Billionaire's Curse Richard Newsome , 2008 single work novel ; The Word Spy Ursula Dubosarsky , 2008 single work non-fiction ; The Return of the Word Spy Ursula Dubosarsky , 2010 single work non-fiction
[Review] Spinner : A Novel Chloe Mauger , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of Spinner : A Novel Ron Elliott , 2010 single work novel
With a Touch of History : Ron Elliott. Author of 'Spinner' Ron Elliott , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 14-15)
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  • Western Australia,
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
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