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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)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2011 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Penguin Books Australia.
      Extent: 204p.
      Note/s:
      • For secondary school age.
      ISBN: 0143566830, 9780143566830
Alternative title: 当我们在一起
Transliterated title: Dang wo men zai yi qi
Language: Chinese

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Works about this Work

Know the Author : Robert Newton, the Firefighter Who Writes like an Angel Joy Lawn , 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)

Reading & Viewing Deborah McPherson , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 48 no. 1 2013; (p. 99-104)

— Review of Past the Shallows Favel Parrett , 2011 single work novel ; Crow Country Kate Constable , 2011 single work children's fiction ; Froi of the Exiles Melina Marchetta , 2011 single work novel ; When We Were Two Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel ; Black Spring Alison Croggon , 2012 single work novel ; Indo Dreaming Neil Grant , 2005 single work novel ; Quintana of Charyn Melina Marchetta , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Peg Goode , 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 Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel
Golden Books for Children Deborah Bogle , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
Untitled Maureen Mann , 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 Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel
Cover Book Review : When We Were Two Kate O'Donnell , 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 Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel
Under Age Michelle Hamer , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 October 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of When We Were Two Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel ; Rose in Bloom Sherryl Clark , 2011 single work children's fiction
Untitled Meredith Tate , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 18)

— Review of When We Were Two Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 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 Robert Newton , 2011 single work novel ; Griffith Review no. 34 Summer 2011 periodical issue
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 November 2011; (p. 28)

— Review of The Sending Isobelle Carmody , 2011 single work novel ; Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves Matthew Reilly , 2011 single work novel ; When We Were Two Robert Newton , 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 Deborah Bogle , 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 Joy Lawn , 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)

Last amended 23 Mar 2021 16:08:43
Subjects:
  • Gunnedah area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Port Macquarie area, Hastings River area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
  • ca. 1916
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