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'One girl - could she be the last girl alive? One boy, pursued by reckless men who have kidnapped him from his fathers.
'Bo and Callum go in search of a safe haven, a place to call home. But where can they turn and who can they trust? When every stranger is a threat, does their only hope lie in reaching Vulture's Gate?
'Following a journey that takes them across barren deserts and lost valleys, Bo and Callum must discover how to survive alongside runaway boys and crazed religious terrorists, in a world with an uncertain future.
'And what is the disturbing secret at the ruined city's core?'
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Works about this Work
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Resistant Heroes or Resourceful Runaways? An Exploration of Character in Young Adult (YA) Dystopian Texts
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 104-126) -
'Last Girl Alive' : Kirsty Murray’s Dystopian YA Novel Vulture’s Gate
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age of Dystopia : One Genre, Our Fears and Our Future 2016; (p. 141-162) -
[Review] Vulture's Gate
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel -
Australian Dystopia : Interview with Kirsty Murray
Paula Oude-Vrielink
(interviewer),
Mickie Tanna
(interviewer),
Nicola Nemaric
(interviewer),
2009
single work
interview
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 2009; (p. 11-12) Paula Oude-Vrielink, Mickie Tanna and Nicola Nemaric are year nine and ten students at Genazzano FCJ (Melbourne). They interviewed Kirsty Murray, who shared stories of the travels that inspired her latest novel Vulture's Gate (11). They were 'excited at the prospect of interviewing a professional writer about one of her books, an interview that would better halp us understand the writing process" (11) and Murray answered questions in relation to the dystopic elements of the novel, the centrality of bird flu to the narrative and the writing process in general. -
[Review] Vulture's Gate
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 38)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel
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Journey through a Distopian World Is Darkly Enjoyable and Preys on the Mind
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 August 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Vulture's Gate
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , August no. 10 2009; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Vulture's Gate
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 24 no. 3 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Vulture's Gate
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 52)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Vulture's Gate
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 38)
— Review of Vulture's Gate 2009 single work novel -
Australian Dystopia : Interview with Kirsty Murray
Paula Oude-Vrielink
(interviewer),
Mickie Tanna
(interviewer),
Nicola Nemaric
(interviewer),
2009
single work
interview
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 2009; (p. 11-12) Paula Oude-Vrielink, Mickie Tanna and Nicola Nemaric are year nine and ten students at Genazzano FCJ (Melbourne). They interviewed Kirsty Murray, who shared stories of the travels that inspired her latest novel Vulture's Gate (11). They were 'excited at the prospect of interviewing a professional writer about one of her books, an interview that would better halp us understand the writing process" (11) and Murray answered questions in relation to the dystopic elements of the novel, the centrality of bird flu to the narrative and the writing process in general. -
'Last Girl Alive' : Kirsty Murray’s Dystopian YA Novel Vulture’s Gate
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age of Dystopia : One Genre, Our Fears and Our Future 2016; (p. 141-162) -
Resistant Heroes or Resourceful Runaways? An Exploration of Character in Young Adult (YA) Dystopian Texts
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Beyond the Dark : Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom 2020; (p. 104-126)
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