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y separately published work icon Chance in a Million single work   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Chance in a Million
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'It's the worst birthday 12-year-old computer genius Zac can imagine. No voice synthesizer for his computer and he is given the stupidest present ever, a dog. Then he realizes his dog is computer literate. And his dad discovers a scam at the bank where he works. A computer whizz is needed.' (Publication summary)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Paws Harry Cripps , ( dir. Karl Zwicky ) Australia : Latent Image Productions , 1997 7292388 1997 single work film/TV children's fantasy

'A computer-literate dog called PC flees into the arms of a lonely 13-year-old boy, Zac, after witnessing his master's murder. The two then set about unravelling the mystery of his death and finding treasure that has been hidden.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Springwood, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,: Butterfly Books , 1992 .
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      ISBN: 0947333568

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Works about this Work

[Review] Chance in a Million Lynette Sebbens , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 43 no. 2 1999; (p. 33)

— Review of Chance in a Million Stephen Dando-Collins , 1992 single work children's fiction
[Review] Chance in a Million Lynette Sebbens , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 43 no. 2 1999; (p. 33)

— Review of Chance in a Million Stephen Dando-Collins , 1992 single work children's fiction
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