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In this forest, armed men from the new settlement ventured to investigate strage lights and found three fires burning, a child at their centre tethered to a stake. The boy appeared to be white, perhaps three or four years old, unable to speak. He watched the men darting, fearful eyes of a wild animal and at their approach he crouched, snatched a stick from the fire and snarled. So begins Dirk Wildnight's life in the tiny Victorian settlement of Tilmore. Reluctantly he's taken in, only to be treated with suspicion, negelect and cruelty. Then a strange turn of fortune leads him not only towards freedom, but to an understanding of the mystery of his earliest years. (LA)
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Untitled
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. 34)
— Review of Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel -
Wildlight by David Metzenthen
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 14-15) -
Overboard
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 245 2002; (p. 60)
— Review of Specky Magee 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Messenger 2002 single work novel ; Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel ; When You Wake and Find Me Gone 2002 single work novel ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Treasure Hunters 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 39)
— Review of Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel
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Untitled
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. 34)
— Review of Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 39)
— Review of Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel -
Overboard
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 245 2002; (p. 60)
— Review of Specky Magee 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Messenger 2002 single work novel ; Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel ; When You Wake and Find Me Gone 2002 single work novel ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Treasure Hunters 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Wildlight : A Journey 2002 single work novel -
Wildlight by David Metzenthen
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 14-15)
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- 1834-1851
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