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'This is history told like you've never heard it before, where steam is king, convicts are half-man, half-machine, dirty tricks are simply the way things are done, and almost anything at all can happen. Lose yourself in Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery, the first instalment in James Roy's brilliant new Steampunk series. A new series from an award winning Australian children's writer.'
Source: Publisher's Blurb
Notes
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Dedication: For my brother Rob, who (when he sets his mind to it) makes more sense than almost anyone else I know, and who first gave me the idea for the Boosting Engine.
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Epigraph: What is history but a fable agreed upon? - Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Steampunk Note: This story combines several of the elements that work to constitute the steampunk style, notably an alternate history of advanced steam technology, and a focus on the imperial actions of the Britain in the Victorian age.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Teaching Classic Australian Children's Fiction
Anthony Shaw
,
St Lucia
:
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
,
2016-
15827758
2016
website
prose
This Exhibition is a collection of extensive teaching resources for classic Australian children's texts. The resources are aimed at upper primary school and lower high school teachers. The collection forms part of Anthony Shaw's Learning with Literature program.
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The (Not-So-New) Steampunk Revolution
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 12-14)Discusses steampunk writing world-wide and traces its history through speculative fiction.
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Speculative Fiction Rewarded
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 42 no. 2 2007; (p. 89-90)
— Review of The Arrival 2006 single work graphic novel ; Foundling 2006 single work children's fiction ; Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction ; Red Spikes 2006 selected work short story ; Loop 2006 selected work short story ; Ravens Rising 2006 single work novel ; The Birthmark 2006 single work novel -
The Shortlist Six-Pack
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 June 2005; (p. 6) -
First Novel Runs into Prized Shortlist
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 June 2005; (p. 15)
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Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , December 2003 / January vol. 83 no. 6 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction -
Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 February 2004; (p. 5)
— Review of Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction ; Stones of Quentaris 2004 single work children's fiction -
Steaming Ahead
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 April 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction ; In Hollow Lands 2004 single work children's fiction -
Flights of Fantasy
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 122 no. 6422 2004; (p. 66-67)
— Review of Yardil 2004 single work picture book ; Reggie and Lu (and the Same to You!) 2004 single work picture book ; Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard 2004 single work picture book -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 19 no. 1 2004; (p. 38)
— Review of Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery 2003 single work children's fiction -
Ernie Tucker on Books
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , Spring no. 141 2004; (p. 84-95) -
First Novel Runs into Prized Shortlist
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 June 2005; (p. 15) -
The Shortlist Six-Pack
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 June 2005; (p. 6) -
The (Not-So-New) Steampunk Revolution
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 12-14)Discusses steampunk writing world-wide and traces its history through speculative fiction.
-
y
Teaching Classic Australian Children's Fiction
Anthony Shaw
,
St Lucia
:
AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
,
2016-
15827758
2016
website
prose
This Exhibition is a collection of extensive teaching resources for classic Australian children's texts. The resources are aimed at upper primary school and lower high school teachers. The collection forms part of Anthony Shaw's Learning with Literature program.
Awards
- 2005 shortlisted The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award
- New South Wales,
- 1901