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'A timeslip adventure novel about a boy who goes busking at the market and finds himself transported back to a century ago.
'Things unravel so fast. One day Sam is a kid with a straightforward life, next moment he's sucked into a time warp and flung back a hundred years. Meeting Flea, Gertie and the gang is just the start of a crazy adventure with Sam on the run from police, sleeping outside the morgue, laying bets on horse races, fighting thieves and larrikins. An accident in a shooting gallery confronts Sam with the hardest decision he's ever had to make. Can he change the past - and his own future?
'Market Blues is a fast-moving drama about city kids then and now, about change, choice and responsibility.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Slipping back through Time : Discovering Time-Slip Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 8-11) -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 25)
— Review of Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 2 2001; (p. 54)
— Review of Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction -
Market Blues by Kirsty Murray
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 22) -
Child's View of History
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction ; Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction ; Papunya School Book of Country and History 2001 single work information book ; Ramose : Prince in Exile 2001 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 25)
— Review of Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 February 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction -
Fantasy
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 17 June 2001; (p. 61)
— Review of Lirael : Daughter of the Clayr 2001 single work novel ; Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 35-36)
— Review of Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction -
Child's View of History
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction ; Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction ; Papunya School Book of Country and History 2001 single work information book ; Ramose : Prince in Exile 2001 single work children's fiction -
Slipping back through Time : Discovering Time-Slip Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 8-11) -
Market Blues by Kirsty Murray
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 22)
Awards
- 2001 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Long Fiction
Last amended 28 Aug 2017 16:16:02
Subjects:
- Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Settings:
- 1900
- 2000
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