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Issue Details:
First known date:
2009...
vol.
17
no.
2
Winter
2009
of
Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults
est. 1993
Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults
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* Contents derived from the 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Relevant and Revealing : Profile of Amra Pajalic, single work column (p. 2-3)
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[Review Essay] The Good Daughter,
single work
review
— Review of The Good Daughter : A Novel 2009 single work novel ;Wiley says of the novel 'it is bound to ring a bell with many teenagers, who must daily walk the line between the two worlds of home and school, family and friends, their parents' culture and traditions and that of their peers.' -
The (Secret) Intellectual Life of Adolescents,
single work
essay
Hills uses experiences from her own life to explain the premise behind her novel, that teenagers are interested in all 'ideas, big and small' in their own search for meaning.
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[Untitled],
single work
review
— Review of The Beginner's Guide to Living 2009 single work novel ; (p. 5) -
Using the Web to Sharpen the Writing,
single work
essay
Merlin explains how she embeds web technology into the plots of her novels, writing in real time and including blogs and music available to download.
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A Love of Stories,
single work
column
Zurbo describes the path to publication of his first works.
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The Deeper Issues of Love,
single work
essay
Murray attempts to answer her own question 'What do I want to say about the world in which I live?' with reference to three of her novels.
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Ivan Southall : In Retrospect,
single work
criticism
Prentice outlines why Southall 'was a voice in Australian Children's literature to be reckoned with by his critics, his fans, his publishers and his close friends'.
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[Review] How to Ditch Your Fairy,
single work
review
— Review of How to Ditch Your Fairy 2009 single work novel ; (p. 19) -
[Review] Keepinitreal,
single work
review
— Review of Keepinitreal 2009 single work novel ;Knight says of the book 'It is breathtaking to see a wholly Australian book celebrating working class suburbs and their inhabitiants, revealing their foibles and characteristics with a discerning eye'. -
[Review] I Am Thomas,
single work
review
— Review of My Mother's Eyes : The Story of a Boy Soldier 2009 single work picture book ;'Wilson conveys the sense of a young man's life consumed by war without resorting to either sentimentality or any whiff of jingoism'. -
[Review] Heroes of Tobruk,
single work
review
— Review of Heroes of Tobruk 2008 single work children's fiction ; (p. 27) -
[Review] The Nest,
single work
review
— Review of The Nest 2009 single work novel ;Gordon describes, in a lengthy review, the shift away from past Jennings trademark writing which is a 'lighthearted, funny or embarrassing...journey through adolescence' towards a work with the 'raw emotions of hate, fear, desperation and loneliness that adolescence is notorious for'. -
[Review] The Winds of Heaven,
single work
review
— Review of The Winds of Heaven 2009 single work novel ;'This tough but lyrical novel shines a torch on the inequalities suffered by disadvantaged children'. -
[Review] Jarvis 24,
single work
review
— Review of Jarvis 24 2009 single work novel ;Thomas develops the view that while 'Marc's story is, on some levels, that of a typical sixteen-year-old Australian male...there are complexities to the narrative that lift it from the stereotype' in this review. -
[Review] The Lucky Ones,
single work
review
— Review of The Lucky Ones 2009 single work novel ; (p. 33) -
[Review] My Extraordinary Life and Death,
single work
review
— Review of My Extraordinary Life and Death 2009 single work children's fiction ; (p. 33) -
[Untitled],
single work
review
— Review of The Harp in the South Trilogy 1948-1985 series - author novel ;Zimmerman gives a reflective review of this volume of works but questions the omission of biographical notes and historical background 'given the prominence of these novels in Australian literature'. -
[Untitled],
single work
review
— Review of Sideways : Travels with Kafka, Hunter S. and Kerouac 2009 single work autobiography ; (p. 36) -
[Review] Krakatoa Lighthouse,
single work
review
— Review of Krakatoa Lighthouse 2009 single work children's fiction ; (p. 39)
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