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Teenage Ariel is not happy to have to share her life with the son of her mother's friend until the two take a trip to The Island, a fantasy place where literary characters are sent by writers to mend their ways.
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Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 3 2000; (p. 48-49)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel -
Subversion and Survival: Australian Children's Novels in Postmodernity
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 21-30) Kneale examines three Australian novels, To the Dark Tower (Victor Kelleher), The Best Thing (Margo Lanagan) and Ariel, Ted and the Secret of Life, and argues that they all 'contain strands of subversion consistent with contemporary critical and literary theories and the spirit of postmodernist discourse' (21). Drawing attention to the significance of the physical environment in Australian narratives, he claims that all three texts venture 'beyond the issues of survival against a challenging physical terrain or a specifically Australian cultural terrain to the question of survival against an uncertain conceptual terrain' (29). He concludes that while these narratives are not concerned with 'constructing a distinctively Australian setting they do not completely abandon the traditional Australian motif of survival' (29). -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 8 no. 1 1993; (p. 30)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel -
News from Down Under
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , Jul/August vol. 69 no. 4 1993; (p. 496-498)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel ; Morgan and the Tooth Fairies 1992 single work picture book ; Blabber Mouth 1992 single work children's fiction ; Belinda 1992 single work picture book ; Where's Mum? 1992 single work picture book -
Books Kids Will Love
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , August 1993; (p. 241)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel ; Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten 1992 single work picture book ; The Giant's Tooth 1993 single work children's fiction ; Hairy Charlie and the Frog 1993 single work picture book ; My Dearest Dinosaur 1992 single work picture book ; The Bamboo Flute 1992 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 3 2000; (p. 48-49)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel -
Books Kids Will Love
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , August 1993; (p. 241)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel ; Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten 1992 single work picture book ; The Giant's Tooth 1993 single work children's fiction ; Hairy Charlie and the Frog 1993 single work picture book ; My Dearest Dinosaur 1992 single work picture book ; The Bamboo Flute 1992 single work children's fiction -
News from Down Under
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , Jul/August vol. 69 no. 4 1993; (p. 496-498)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel ; Morgan and the Tooth Fairies 1992 single work picture book ; Blabber Mouth 1992 single work children's fiction ; Belinda 1992 single work picture book ; Where's Mum? 1992 single work picture book -
Reviews
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Rippa Reading , vol. 33 no. 5 1992; (p. 25 - 26)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July vol. 36 no. 3 1992; (p. 28)
— Review of Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life 1992 single work novel -
Subversion and Survival: Australian Children's Novels in Postmodernity
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 21-30) Kneale examines three Australian novels, To the Dark Tower (Victor Kelleher), The Best Thing (Margo Lanagan) and Ariel, Ted and the Secret of Life, and argues that they all 'contain strands of subversion consistent with contemporary critical and literary theories and the spirit of postmodernist discourse' (21). Drawing attention to the significance of the physical environment in Australian narratives, he claims that all three texts venture 'beyond the issues of survival against a challenging physical terrain or a specifically Australian cultural terrain to the question of survival against an uncertain conceptual terrain' (29). He concludes that while these narratives are not concerned with 'constructing a distinctively Australian setting they do not completely abandon the traditional Australian motif of survival' (29).
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