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'It is 1821 and the child is a loner who spends her time hiding in the Vienna Woods until she spies an old man - a music maker. And so begins an odd friendship which develops through their mutual love of music. The man is composing a new work. It will break new ground. He fears it will be ridiculed and is aware that he is thought mad. He confides in the child who sits for hours watching and listening as he revises and plays. She has a feeling for the music that he cannot fathom. And not only for the music, but for what he is. She knows his pain, his anger, his fear and also his gentleness. Together they give each other the courage to face their critics and dare to be different.
'A tale written about an old man who couldn't hear, for a child people considered strange. Yet the song will live forever in the heart and mind of every child where there's nurtured love of music.' (Publisher's blurb)
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2010
2010
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 3) -
[Untitled]
2009
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review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 47-48)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction -
Punchy and Poignant Tales of Puberty
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 June 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction ; War's End 2008 single work children's fiction ; Fire Song 2009 single work children's fiction ; Theodork 2009 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Certain Music
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction
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Off the Shelf : Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Certain Music
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction -
Punchy and Poignant Tales of Puberty
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 June 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction ; War's End 2008 single work children's fiction ; Fire Song 2009 single work children's fiction ; Theodork 2009 single work children's fiction -
[Untitled]
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 47-48)
— Review of A Certain Music 2009 single work children's fiction -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2010
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 3)
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