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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Mice
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'Shelley and her mom have been menaced long enough. Excused from high school where a trio of bullies nearly killed her, and still reeling from her parents’ humiliating divorce, Shelley has retreated with her mother to the quiet of Honeysuckle Cottage in the countryside. Thinking their troubles are over, they revel in their cozy, secure life of gardening and books, hot chocolate and Brahms by the fire. But on the eve of Shelley’s sixteenth birthday, an unwelcome guest disturbs their peace and something inside Shelley snaps. What happens next will shatter all their certainties—about their safety, their moral convictions, the limits of what they are willing to accept, and what they’re capable of.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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  • In May 2021, it was announced that Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films and Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories would be adapting Mice into a feature film. In 2024, it was announced that Shaun Grant would script the film, and Justin Kurzel would direct.

    Sources:

    Books + Publishing (https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/05/07/186055/reece-ya-novel-mice-to-be-adapted-for-film/) (Sighted: 10/5/2021).

    Inside Film (https://if.com.au/blossom-films-made-up-stories-partner-with-thirdborn-for-justin-kurzels-mice/). (Sighted: 24/01/2023)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
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      Extent: 309p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 September 2010
      ISBN: 9781742372358
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2011 .
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      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 18th 2011
      ISBN: 9780670022847
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Macmillan ,
      2012 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9780330525626, 033052562X
Alternative title: Topi
Language: Italian
    • Florence,
      c
      Italy,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Giunti ,
      2011 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 1st 2011
      ISBN: 9788809758919
    • Florence,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Giunti ,
      2022 .
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      Extent: 288p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 2022.
      ISBN: 9788809960350

Works about this Work

Gordon Reece – Author Interview 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , March 2011;
This Week You're Reading Tania Etschmann , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 2 July 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
Reading & Viewing : Refugee Stories That Could Make a Difference Deborah McPherson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 1 2011; (p. 75-78)

— Review of The Happiest Refugee : The Extraordinary True Story of a Boy's Journey from Starvation at Sea to Becoming One of Australia's Best-Loved Comedians Anh Do , 2010 single work autobiography ; Die Insel: Eine Tagliche Geschichte Armin Greder , 2002 single work picture book ; Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
Un Oleaje Renovado Winston Manrique Sabogal , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: El país , 7 May 2011;
Además del Nobel Patrick White y del doblemente galardonado con el Booker Peter Carey, la lista de autores australianos es creciente en España. Una literatura sin tópicos ni etiquetas. [The number of Australian writers, besides Patrick White and Peter Carey, who are known and read in Spain is growing. Theirs is a literature that exceeds classifications or labels - Translation.]
[Review] Mice Pam Harvey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 39-40)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
[Review] Mice Gillian Bramley-Moore , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18-19 September 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 September 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel ; The Genesis Flaw L. A. Larkin , 2010 single work novel
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 October 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
[Review] Mice Clare Hingston , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
[Review] Mice Martin Turner , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 4 2010; (p. 37)

— Review of Mice Gordon Reece , 2010 single work novel
Of Mice and Mankind Clare Hingston (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 9)
Un Oleaje Renovado Winston Manrique Sabogal , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: El país , 7 May 2011;
Además del Nobel Patrick White y del doblemente galardonado con el Booker Peter Carey, la lista de autores australianos es creciente en España. Una literatura sin tópicos ni etiquetas. [The number of Australian writers, besides Patrick White and Peter Carey, who are known and read in Spain is growing. Theirs is a literature that exceeds classifications or labels - Translation.]
Gordon Reece – Author Interview 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , March 2011;
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