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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Walk in My Shoes
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'After a perilous and terrifying escape from war-torn Afghanistan, Gulnessa and her family find themselves in Australia, a place they know nothing about. They are exhausted and traumatised, but so full of hope. At last, somewhere safe to call home. But their struggle isn't over yet. They are confined in a detention centre for asylum seekers, and forced to prove their refugee status. As days drag into weeks and months, Gulnessa is determined to stay strong. She must keep her family together, and fight for her friend Abdul - with whom she has secretly fallen in love. She cannot give up hope for a second chance at life, and the opportunity to build a future in a new land'. Source: publisher's website.

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Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains Afghan characters.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2004 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of Penguin Books Australia.
      Extent: 348p.
      ISBN: 0143002317

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[Review] Walk in My Shoes Judith Way , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 61)

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[Review] Walk in My Shoes Ernie Tucker , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , Autumn no. 142 2005; (p. 74-75)

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
Traumas of Incarceration Rachael Blair , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 17 no. 1 2005;

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
[Review] Walk in My Shoes Michael O'Donoghue , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 49 no. 1 2005; (p. 34)

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
Voices for the Voiceless Katharine England , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 January 2005; (p. 13)

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel ; Soraya the Storyteller Rosanne Hawke , 2004 single work children's fiction
[Review] Walk in My Shoes Sally Harding , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
[Review] Walk in My Shoes 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 25 no. 4 2005; (p. 36)

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
[Review] Walk in My Shoes Michael O'Donoghue , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 49 no. 1 2005; (p. 34)

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
Traumas of Incarceration Rachael Blair , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 17 no. 1 2005;

— Review of Walk in My Shoes Alwyn Evans , 2004 single work novel
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