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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Finn and the Big Guy
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Finn Deegan is a wishful thinker from a hopeless town. Finn wishes he could ride racehorses. Finn wishes he was full of guts and bound for glory - but when violence threatens Lensky's Racing Stables, he finds that wishing is worthless. (from back cover)

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    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1997 .
      Extent: 271p.
      ISBN: 0140382674
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Works about this Work

Untitled Jane Connolly , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 12 no. 2 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Untitled Kerry Neary , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 35)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Untitled William Norris , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 5 no. 2 1997; (p. 27)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Real Fiction Stephen Matthews , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel ; Someone Like Me Elaine Forrestal , 1996 single work children's fiction
The Souring of a Dream Come True Stephen Matthews , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 June 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of Beach Baby Nicole Plüss , 1997 single work novel ; London Calling Natalie Jane Prior , 1997 single work novel ; Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Untitled Kerry Neary , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 35)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Untitled Jane Connolly , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 12 no. 2 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Smells Like Teen Spirit Pam Macintyre , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 July 1997; (p. 10)
— Review of Idiot Pride Matt Zurbo , 1997 single work novel ; Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel ; Beach Baby Nicole Plüss , 1997 single work novel
The Souring of a Dream Come True Stephen Matthews , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 June 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of Beach Baby Nicole Plüss , 1997 single work novel ; London Calling Natalie Jane Prior , 1997 single work novel ; Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel
Real Fiction Stephen Matthews , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Finn and the Big Guy David Metzenthen , 1997 single work novel ; Someone Like Me Elaine Forrestal , 1996 single work children's fiction
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