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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Boy Overboard
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'A story of adventure, ball control and hope. Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia? Sometimes, to save the people you love, you have to go overboard'. (Source: publisher's website.)

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y separately published work icon Boy Overboard : The Play Patricia Cornelius , 2005 Hobart : Australian Script Centre , 2006 Z1205126 2005 single work drama children's (taught in 2 units) Play about asylum seekers coming to Australia. Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia?
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Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to Afghan people, and Afghanistan. It has also been translated into Indonesian.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2002 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 180p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 01/08/2002
      ISBN: 0141308389
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Puffin ,
      2002 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 180 p.p.
      Reprinted: 2003
      Note/s:
      • Published August 7th 2003
      ISBN: 0670914088, 9780670914081, 9780141316253
Alternative title: Bocah lintas batas
Language: Indonesian
    • Jakarta, Java,
      c
      Indonesia,
      c
      Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Gramedia Pustaka Utama ,
      2003 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 213p.
      ISBN: 9792203850

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Nativity Kids Get Creative With Novel Idea 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 August 2015; (p. 33)
It's Their Turn : Best Books to Animate Teens 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 February 2015; (p. 30)
Using Literature Circles to Inquire into the Big Themes : Explorig the Refugee Experience Erika Boas , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 47 no. 3 2012; (p. 25-28)
Building Cultural Citizenship : Multiculturalism and Children's Literature Wenche Ommundsen , Debra Dudek , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 3-6)
Under the Wire : Detainee Activism in Australian Children's Literature Debra Dudek , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 17-22)

Debra Dudek critiques two novels by Morris Gleitzman, Girl Underground (2004) and Boy Overboard (2002), analysing the representation of ethical relationships between detainees and Australian citizens. In relation to children's multicultural fictions and non-fictions, Dudek suggests that in terms of cultural citizenship, Australia needs to move from 'an ethics of compassion to an ethics of responsibility' in order to understand tolerance as 'a way of respecting absolute differences' (20-21).

Dudek explains how an ethics of responsibility requires the citizens of Australia to actively participate in the dismantling of mandatory detention as an enactment of justice that works towards realizing the meaning of a 'fulfilling social life' (20-21). For Dudek (and others) this begins with the recognition of difference rather than its effacement.

Review : Boy Overboard Barbara Dobson , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 46 no. 4 2002; (p. 31-32)

— Review of Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction
Review : Boy Overboard Jenny Evans , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 21-22)

— Review of Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction
Novels for the Classroom Helen Sykes , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Winter no. 137 2003; (p. 57-65)

— Review of Augustine's Lunch Laura Bloom , 2001 single work novel ; Boots and All Sherryl Clark , 2003 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete : A Tale of Underground Uncertainty Geoffrey McSkimming , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Dj Max Lisa Forrest , 2002 single work novel ; The Dons Archimede Fusillo , 2001 single work novel ; The Fifth Quest Debra Oswald , 2002 single work novel ; Grinders Chris Wheat , 2001 single work novel ; Grommet Saves the World James Moloney , 2003 single work novel ; Monstered Bernie Monagle , 2001 single work novel ; Old Ridley Gary Crew , 2002 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac Anthony Hill , 2001 single work biography ; Treasure Hunters Allan Baillie , 2002 single work novel ; The Whale's Child Gillian Rubinstein , 2002 single work novel ; White Ute Dreaming Scot Gardner , 2002 single work novel ; Winning Elaine Forrestal , 2002 single work children's fiction
Asylum-Seeking and Perilous Journeys Merrill Findlay , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 175 2004; (p. 104-107)

— Review of Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Tyrant's Novel Thomas Keneally , 2003 single work novel ; From Nothing to Zero : Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres Janet Austin , 2003 anthology correspondence
Of Murmels and Snigs : Detention-Centre Narratives in Australian Literature for Children and Young Adults Debra Dudek , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 38-42)

— Review of From Nothing to Zero : Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres Janet Austin , 2003 anthology correspondence ; Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel ; Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry ; Alyzon Whitestarr Isobelle Carmody , 2006 single work novel ; No Place Like Home : Australian Stories by Young Writers Aged 8-21 Years 2005 anthology biography short story autobiography essay ; Number 8 Anna Fienberg , 2006 single work novel ; Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Girl Underground Morris Gleitzman , 2004 single work children's fiction ; Soraya the Storyteller Rosanne Hawke , 2004 single work children's fiction ; Ali the Bold Heart Jane Jolly , 2006 single work picture book ; Another Country 2004 anthology poetry autobiography prose diary correspondence ; Refugees David Miller , 2003 single work picture book ; The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Can't Help Flying High and Falling in Deep) Martine Murray , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Dancing the Boom-Cha-Cha Boogie Narelle Oliver , 2005 single work picture book ; Dreaming Australia Steve Tolbert , 2004 single work novel
War and Dispossession in Children's Books Robin Morrow , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 23 no. 3 2003; (p. 6-8)
Seeking the Child Inside Jane Sullivan , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 10 July 2004; (p. 3)
The Politics of Writing for Children Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 July 2004; (p. 1a)
Child's Play and Yet Tough Stuff To Tackle Alexa Moses , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 July 2005; (p. 13)
150 Years 150 Books 150 Words 600 Entries 10 Winners Lili Wilkinson , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , October no. 3 2004; (p. 8-12)
The aim of the Save This Book competition was to nominate a book from the last 150 years, from a list of 150 titles, and explain why (in 150 words) why it should be saved from a tidal wave. Winners' submissions are included.
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