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'Dan had to go, He felt he had no choice, but leaving home was never going to be easy . . .
'Dan and his brother Eddie take off for the coast, in search of their lost mother, in search of a better life . . . but it's a long road they face and Dan must use all his wits to get them there in one piece.
'When they are taken under the wings of a group of would-be soldiers marching over the mountains to join up for the Great War, Dan and Eddie's journey becomes something quite unexpected. The experiences they share will shape their future beyond recognition.
'This extraordinary rite of passage is a powerful, heart-rending story - Robert Newton at his very best.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Know the Author : Robert Newton, the Firefighter Who Writes like an Angel
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 32 no. 2 2017; (p. 11-14)Robert Newton is a firefighter who writes like an angel. It seems that these two jobs - firey and YA novelist - are very different, one physical and communal and the other solitary, but Newton describes them as actually being alike. They are simpatico in their essence. Both allow for the unexpected.' (Introduction)
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Reading & Viewing
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 48 no. 1 2013; (p. 99-104)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel ; Crow Country 2011 single work children's fiction ; Froi of the Exiles 2011 single work novel ; When We Were Two 2011 single work novel ; Black Spring 2012 single work novel ; Indo Dreaming 2005 single work novel ; Quintana of Charyn 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 56 no. 1 2012; (p. 32-33)
— Review of When We Were Two 2011 single work novel -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3) -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 4 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of When We Were Two 2011 single work novel
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Cover Book Review : When We Were Two
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 8)
— Review of When We Were Two 2011 single work novel -
Under Age
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 October 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of When We Were Two 2011 single work novel ; Rose in Bloom 2011 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 18)
— Review of When We Were Two 2011 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Women of Letters : Reviving the Lost Art of Correspondence 2011 anthology correspondence ; When We Were Two 2011 single work novel ; Griffith Review no. 34 Summer 2011 periodical issue -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 November 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Sending 2011 single work novel ; Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves 2011 single work novel ; When We Were Two 2011 single work novel -
Of Boys and Battlefields
Meredith Tate
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 7) -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3) -
Know the Author : Robert Newton, the Firefighter Who Writes like an Angel
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 32 no. 2 2017; (p. 11-14)Robert Newton is a firefighter who writes like an angel. It seems that these two jobs - firey and YA novelist - are very different, one physical and communal and the other solitary, but Newton describes them as actually being alike. They are simpatico in their essence. Both allow for the unexpected.' (Introduction)
Awards
- Gunnedah area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
- Port Macquarie area, Hastings River area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
- ca. 1916