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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Talk Under Water
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'Will and Summer meet online and strike up a friendship based on coincidence. Summer lives in Will's old hometown, Kettering, a small Tasmanian coastal community. Summer isn't telling the whole truth about herself, but figures it doesn't matter if they never see each other in person, right?

'When Will returns to Kettering, the two finally meet and Summer can no longer hide her secret – she is deaf. Can Summer and Will find a way to be friends in person even though they speak a completely different language?' (Publication summary)

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  • Dedication: For Cormac at sixteen.

  • Epigraph: I've got the ability to dream; that's all anyone needs to make their wishes and dreams come true. You don't need a shooting star, you can do it yourself. – Jessica Watson True Spirit

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Deafness.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

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Difficult Mothers : Four Recent Young Adult Novels Ruth Starke , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 376 2015; (p. 61)
— Review of Pieces of Sky Trinity Doyle , 2015 single work novel ; The Pause John Larkin , 2015 single work novel ; Frankie & Joely Nova Weetman , 2015 single work novel ; Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Review : Talk Under Water Carole Poustie , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 42)
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Review : Talk Under Water Liz Derouet , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2015;
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Signs of Life Tim Martain , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 5 September 2015;
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel 'Watching a grup of deaf teenagers in excitable conversation in a shoppng centre helped plant the seed for Kathryn Lomer's lastest book, Talk Under Water...'
Review : Talk Under Water Angie Holst , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2015;
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Review : Talk Under Water Carody Culver , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 4 2015; (p. 16)
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Review : Talk Under Water Angie Holst , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2015;
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Signs of Life Tim Martain , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 5 September 2015;
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel 'Watching a grup of deaf teenagers in excitable conversation in a shoppng centre helped plant the seed for Kathryn Lomer's lastest book, Talk Under Water...'
Review : Talk Under Water Liz Derouet , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2015;
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
Review : Talk Under Water Carole Poustie , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 42)
— Review of Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer , 2015 single work novel
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