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'Dominic Dear is nearly thirteen and confused about life. His parents think he's odd. So do some of his teachers. Dominic suspects they might be right, especially when he starts to fall in love in a very odd way.
'The tumbles and turns of Dominic's life are told via the e-mails that he sends to his mysterious Uncle Peri in Albury.
'Uncle Peri's place is over-run with dancing sheep, howling pumpkins and bikie chickens. And the really odd thing is that Uncle Peri turns out to be the most sensible person in Dominic's life.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction
Houndmills
:
Palgrave Macmillan
,
2009
Z1939201
2009
single work
criticism
Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction examines how fictional texts – picture books, novels, and films – produced for children and young adults are responding to the tensions and dilemmas that arise from new gender relations and sexual differences. The book discusses a diverse range of international children's fiction published between 1990 and 2008. Some of the key dilemmas that emerge are around the texts' treatment of romance, beauty, cyberbodies, queer, and comedy.
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Subverting Censorship Through Heteroqueer: How To Do Straight Queerly (And Get Away With It) In the Novels of Doug MacLeod
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Looking Glass , vol. 12 no. 2 2008; Kate McInally approaches censorship from perspectives often overlooked in censorship discussions: self-censorship and the censorship of evasion. Using two novels by Australian author Doug MacLeod, McInally explores the subtle queering of heteronormative ideologies, the art of, perhaps, gently twisting depictions of sexualities and desires rather than overtly transgressing the expected norms. McInally commends MacLeod's humorous and incisive questioning of those hetero-norms, yet questions some of his editorial decisions, wondering if he has stopped short of the story he really hoped to tell. -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 32)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 25)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel -
Tumble Turn by Doug Macleod
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 18 no. 5 2003; (p. 43)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel -
Not Quite Normal
2003-2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 257 2003-2004; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Julia, My Sister 2003 single work novel ; Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel ; Return Ticket 2003 single work novel ; Thambaroo 2003 single work children's fiction ; How to Make a Bird 2003 single work novel ; Black Taxi 2003 single work novel ; The Spirit of Barrumbi 2003 single work children's fiction ; Caught in the Headlights 2003 single work novel -
Tumble Turn by Doug Macleod
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 25)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 32)
— Review of Tumble Turn 2003 single work novel -
Subverting Censorship Through Heteroqueer: How To Do Straight Queerly (And Get Away With It) In the Novels of Doug MacLeod
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Looking Glass , vol. 12 no. 2 2008; Kate McInally approaches censorship from perspectives often overlooked in censorship discussions: self-censorship and the censorship of evasion. Using two novels by Australian author Doug MacLeod, McInally explores the subtle queering of heteronormative ideologies, the art of, perhaps, gently twisting depictions of sexualities and desires rather than overtly transgressing the expected norms. McInally commends MacLeod's humorous and incisive questioning of those hetero-norms, yet questions some of his editorial decisions, wondering if he has stopped short of the story he really hoped to tell. -
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Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction
Houndmills
:
Palgrave Macmillan
,
2009
Z1939201
2009
single work
criticism
Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction examines how fictional texts – picture books, novels, and films – produced for children and young adults are responding to the tensions and dilemmas that arise from new gender relations and sexual differences. The book discusses a diverse range of international children's fiction published between 1990 and 2008. Some of the key dilemmas that emerge are around the texts' treatment of romance, beauty, cyberbodies, queer, and comedy.
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