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'The boy is lonely following the loss of his father and clings to a fantasy of one day becoming a seal. Are they seals - or only boardriders in wetsuits? Maybe there's a magical distance where things are what you want them to be, not what they are. At least, that's the boy's dream.
It's a dream that draws him back and back to the sea, because the sea is the only world that washes them all: the boy, his drowned father, and the newborn seal cub.'
(Source: QBD Books)
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] A Dream of Seas
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 30-31)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Dream of Seas
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 10 no. 2 1995; (p. 32)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction -
Seaworld Stories
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 170 1995; (p. 61-62)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction ; The Secret Beach 1995 single work children's fiction -
A Heavy-Handed Tale of Adoption
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 June 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of The Phone Book 1995 anthology short story ; Lone Bandits 1995 single work novel ; Nightwatch 1995 single work novel ; A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction ; Roadies 1994 single work novel -
[Review] A Dream of Seas
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 77 1980; (p. 40-41)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction
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[Review] A Dream of Seas
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 10 no. 2 1995; (p. 32)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Dream of Seas
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 30-31)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction -
A Heavy-Handed Tale of Adoption
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 June 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of The Phone Book 1995 anthology short story ; Lone Bandits 1995 single work novel ; Nightwatch 1995 single work novel ; A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction ; Roadies 1994 single work novel -
Seaworld Stories
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 170 1995; (p. 61-62)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction ; The Secret Beach 1995 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Dream of Seas
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 77 1980; (p. 40-41)
— Review of A Dream of Seas 1978 single work children's fiction
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- Bondi Beach, Bondi, Bondi area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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