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'"Wouldn't it be funny if they were real?"
"Shiny red men?"
"What if I were the sane one and everyone else was mad?"
'One night, the shiny guys visit fifteen-year-old Colin Lapsley. They don't speak, but Colin can read their thoughts. They want him to pay for the terrible thing that he has done. When the shiny guys won't go away, Colin is admitted to ward 44. There he discovers an alien world, a powerful weapon, a gentle giant, and a girl who may be able to see what he can see.
'The Shiny Guys is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Reality Check for Young Readers
2013
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 27) -
[Review] The Shiny Guys
2012
single work
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 33)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
[Review] The Shiny Guys
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 78)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
[Review] The Shiny Guys
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 44)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 March 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel
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Journeys into the Mind
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of Three Summers 2012 single work novel ; The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 March 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
[Review] The Shiny Guys
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 44)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
[Review] The Shiny Guys
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 78)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
[Review] The Shiny Guys
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 33)
— Review of The Shiny Guys 2012 single work novel -
Reality Check for Young Readers
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 27)
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