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Chris Maher Chris Maher i(7582618 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon The Amazing Dylan Alcott Chris Maher , Jules Faber (illustrator), London : Welbeck , 2022 25093150 2022 single work information book children's

'Imagine what it would be like to win a Golden Slam and Olympic gold, like the amazing Dylan Alcott!

'How would it feel to be a Paralympian and named Australian of the Year?

'Find out what it takes to get so good - the training, the big breaks and the challenges along the way. Get inspired to find your own passion and BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!

'Every Amazing Sporting Hero has a story. Featuring easy-read text and fun illustrations, this series is suitable for readers who are happier out of the classroom than in it! Collect the whole series: Amazing Ash Barty, Amazing Sam Kerr, Amazing Pat Cummins.'  (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Amazing Pat Cummins Chris Maher , Jules Faber (illustrator), London : Welbeck , 2022 25092902 2022 single work information book children's

'Imagine what it would be like to lead Australia to an Ashes victory, like the amazing Pat Cummins!

'How would it feel to wear the baggy green and captain an Australian cricket team?

'Find out what it takes to get so good - the training, the big breaks and the challenges along the way. Get inspired to find your own passion and BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!

'Every Amazing Sporting Hero has a story. Featuring easy-read text and fun illustrations, this series is suitable for readers who are happier out of the classroom than in it! Collect the whole series: Amazing Ash Barty, Amazing Sam Kerr, Amazing Dylan Alcott.' (Publication summary)
1 Trent Dalton : All Our Shimmering Skies Chris Maher , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2020;
— Review of All Our Shimmering Skies Trent Dalton , 2020 single work novel

'The author of the bestselling Boy Swallows Universe returns with a tale of a young girl’s quest.'
1 Trent Dalton : Boy Swallows Universe Chris Maher , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2018;

'Boy Swallows Universe is a first novel rich in adventure, description and plot.

'Mark Twain famously said that truth is stranger than fiction, and the parts of Boy Swallows Universe that draw on Trent Dalton’s actual boyhood are as intriguing as the fictional plot involving drug czars, prison break-ins and prescient siblings.' (Introduction)
1 Crime Scene : Zane Lovitt Black Teeth Chris Maher , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2016;
— Review of Black Teeth Zane Lovitt , 2016 single work novel
1 Meg and Tom Keneally : The Soldier’s Curse : Book One, the Monsarrat Series Chris Maher , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2016;
— Review of The Soldier's Curse Meg Keneally , Thomas Keneally , 2016 single work novel
1 Justine Larbalestier : My Sister Rosa Chris Maher , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2016;
— Review of My Sister Rosa Justine Larbalestier , 2016 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Macca Dacca Chris Maher , Mount Waverley : Aussie School Books , 2007 7582741 2007 single work children's fiction children's

'Angus and Ahmed love playing rock and roll and dream of following in the footsteps of ACDC. A local Battle of the Bands competition gives them the opportunity to show everyone just how much their band, Macca Dacca, rocks. Together with Mele as lead singer and Drew on bagpipes, they perform their own version of high voltage rock and roll. Will they rock the crowd? Or will the oily Skinner and his boy band beat them to first place?' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Jimmy and the Bluebottles Chris Maher , Mount Waverley : Aussie School Books , 2007 7582669 2007 single work children's fiction children's

'Jimmy is a Nipper in the local surf lifesaving club. He loves the water and he loves to swim. But the water can be dangerous. One day, while training for a competition, Jimmy is stung by a school of bluebottles. Even when his stings have healed, Jimmy is scared to go back in the water. Will Jimmy give up swimming forever?' (Publication summary)
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